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. 1978 Mar;40(3):256–267. doi: 10.1136/hrt.40.3.256

Value of systolic and diastolic time intervals. Studies in normotensive and hypertensive 50-year-old men and in patients after myocardial infarction.

J Wikstrand, G Berglund, L Wilhelmsen, I Wallentin
PMCID: PMC481990  PMID: 637979

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