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. 1996 Feb;75(2):116–117. doi: 10.1136/hrt.75.2.116

The physics of left ventricular filling: exploring the seemingly obvious.

F A Flachskampf, P Hanrath
PMCID: PMC484243  PMID: 8673745

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