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Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function

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  1. Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

    Jacqueline M. Leung, Nelson B. Schiller & Dennis T. Mangano

  2. Veterans Administration Medical Center, 94143, 94121, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Jacqueline M. Leung, Nelson B. Schiller & Dennis T. Mangano

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Leung, J.M., Schiller, N.B. & Mangano, D.T. Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function. Int J Cardiac Imag 5, 63–70 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01745233

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