Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Two-Dimensional and Doppler Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling Including Pulmonary Venous Flow

Diastology: Clinical Approach to Diastolic Heart Failure

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 115-143

  Appleton, Christopher P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3754-5.50016-0     Document Type: Chapter

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