High-urgency priority heart transplantation in HIV-positive patients on life support: breaking barriers?

J Heart Lung Transplant

Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France.

Published: August 2011

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