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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Postcardiotomy Shock: Time to Look for Action Instead of Selection?
Sameer K Singh1, Megan M Chung1, Koji Takeda1
1Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian, 177 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 16, 2023
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