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Desai, M., Stein, D.M. (2019). Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient: Thrombolytic Therapy or Mechanical Thrombectomy?. In: Lonchyna, V. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Surgery. Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04146-5_42

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