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Pitfalls in Normalizing Wave Intensity Indices to Body Size

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This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1143510) and National Heart Foundation of Australia (101866).

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  1. Heart Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Jonathan P. Mynard & Joseph J. Smolich

  2. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Jonathan P. Mynard & Joseph J. Smolich

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Jonathan P. Mynard

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Mynard, J.P., Smolich, J.J. Pitfalls in Normalizing Wave Intensity Indices to Body Size. Pediatr Cardiol 42, 1660–1661 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-021-02687-x

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