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Commentary: Mind MELD complete: Can the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score predict risk in isolated
Scott C DeRoo1, Gabriel S Aldea1
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 9, 2022
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