Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 135-146 , March 1996

Assessment of diastolic left ventricular filling by echocardiographic automated border detection and comparison with radionuclide ventriculography

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 135-146 , March 1996

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