Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms.

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Published in J Am Soc Echocardiogr on May 07, 1990

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N B Schiller, P M Shah, M Crawford, A DeMaria, R Devereux, H Feigenbaum, H Gutgesell, N Reichek, D Sahn, I Schnittger

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