Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1320-1326 , December 2009

Delayed Left Ventricular Untwisting in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.07.021

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1320-1326 , December 2009

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