The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 491-496 , May 2010

An indictment of the STICH trial: “True, true, and unrelated”

  • John Conte, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John Conte, MD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-4618. Telephone: 410-955-1753. Fax: 410-955-3809

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.12.010

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 491-496 , May 2010

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