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Prominent v wave as a result of left atrial stiffening

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    Katsuji Inoue, Chiharuko Iio, Hiroshi Kawakami, Takayuki Nagai, Takafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki & Shuntaro Ikeda

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Inoue, K., Iio, C., Kawakami, H. et al. Prominent v wave as a result of left atrial stiffening. J Echocardiogr 16, 47–48 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-017-0348-2

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