Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1353-1359 , December 2009

Reversible Right Ventricular Regional Non-Uniformity Quantified by Speckle-Tracking Strain Imaging in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.005

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1353-1359 , December 2009

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