Echocardiography in heart failure: Beyond diagnosis
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Stress echocardiography in heart failure
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Echocardiography
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1525-2167
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.09.002