Manuel Machado Macedo.

Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg

Former Head of Department, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Hospital de Santa Marta; Former Clinical Director, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal.

Published: November 2021

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