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Fukuoka, S., Fujimoto, N., Dohi, K. et al. Echocardiographic changes in diastolic filling and stroke volume during postural alterations and ankle exercise in a patient with congenital defect of the pericardium. J Echocardiogr 18, 130–131 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-019-00419-y
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