American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages 496-502 , September 2009

Are ejection fraction measurements by echocardiography and left ventriculography equivalent?

Received 24 October 2008 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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 Funding support provided by the National Institutes of Health (RO1 HL35434).

PII: S0002-8703(09)00454-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.06.012

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages 496-502 , September 2009

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