Diagnosing heart failure by the Valsalva maneuver: Isn't it finally time?

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 851-853

  Zema, M J ^a  

^a Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0032738788     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.4.851     Document Type: Editorial

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