Assessment of Ventricular and Myocardial Performance

Nadas' Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 251-273

  Colan, Steven D ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2390-6.50020-9     Document Type: Chapter

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