Fussing over the middle child

Circulation

Volumn 135, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 1279-1280

  Lam, Carolyn S P ^a,b   Solomon, Scott D ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ejection fraction; heart failure

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH MID RANGE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; CLASSIFICATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85017014567     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.027324     Document Type: Short Survey

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