Rebuttal from Nico Westerhof and Berend E. Westerhof

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1175-

  Westerhof, Nico ^a   Westerhof, Berend E ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY; AUGMENTATION INDEX; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 84874445609     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.250530     Document Type: Editorial

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