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. 1968 Sep;30(5):591–605. doi: 10.1136/hrt.30.5.591

The 'A' wave of the apex cardiogram in aortic valve disease and cardiomyopathy.

E J Epstein, N Coulshed, A K Brown, N G Doukas
PMCID: PMC487688  PMID: 5676929

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