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. 1963 Nov;25(6):697–708. doi: 10.1136/hrt.25.6.697

THE APEX CARDIOGRAM: ITS NORMAL FEATURES EXPLAINED BY THOSE FOUND IN HEART DISEASE

N Coulshed 1, E J Epstein 1
PMCID: PMC1018056  PMID: 14072592

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