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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 1385 Scaife Hall, 15261, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Pinsky, M.R. The meaning of cardiac output. Intensive Care Med 16, 415–417 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01711216

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