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Clarification on the role of LV untwisting in LV “relaxation” and diastolic filling

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  1. Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA

    T. Jake Samuel

  2. Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Eric J. Stöhr

  3. School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, CF5 2YB, UK

    Eric J. Stöhr

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Samuel, T.J., Stöhr, E.J. Clarification on the role of LV untwisting in LV “relaxation” and diastolic filling. Clin Res Cardiol 106, 935–937 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1143-9

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