Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 990-997 , September 2008

Relative Importance of Errors in Left Ventricular Quantitation by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography: Insights From Three-Dimensional Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.07.009

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 990-997 , September 2008

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