Echocardiography and the clinical diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction.

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Published in Acta Cardiol on August 01, 2008

Authors

Daniele Rovai1, Maria-Aurora Morales, Gianluca Di Bella, Renato Prediletto, Michele De Nes, Alessandro Pingitore, Giuseppe Rossi

Author Affiliations

1: CNR, Clinical Physiology Institute, Pisa, Italy. drovai@ifc.cnr.it

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