Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 708-714 , July 2002

Use of pulse wave and color flow Doppler echocardiography in mouse models of human disease

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☆ Supported by NHLBI grant no. HL03598 (R.D.P.).

☆☆ Reprint requests: Richard D. Patten, MD, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, New England Medical Center, Box #80, 750 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111 (E-mail: RPatten@lifespan.org).

PII: S0894-7317(02)00021-4

doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.118912

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 708-714 , July 2002

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