So Long, and Thanks for All the Treatment

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 69(06): 481-482
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735512

Editorial

Markus K. Heinemann

¹Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Universitaetsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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