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European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 885-886

  Voigt, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 65249177162     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp106     Document Type: Editorial

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