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. 1992 Dec;68(6):540–543. doi: 10.1136/hrt.68.12.540

Adaptation of the maternal heart in pregnancy

Stewart Hunter 1, Stephen C Robson 1
PMCID: PMC1025680  PMID: 1467047

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