Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 764-772 , August 2001

Detection of early abnormalities of left ventricular function by hemodynamic, echo-tissue Doppler imaging, and mitral Doppler flow techniques in patients with coronary artery disease and normal ejection fraction

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☆ Reprint requests: Roberto Bolognesi, Cattedra di Cardiologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Scienze Biomediche, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy (E-mail: Climed@ipruniv.cce.unipr.it).

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 764-772 , August 2001

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