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Left ventricular ejection fraction: how to improve an established index?

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  1. Pós-graduação em Ciências Cardiovasculares, Universidade Federal Fluminense, HUAP-EBSERH, Niterói, Brazil

    Claudio Tinoco Mesquita

  2. Hospital Pró-Cardíaco – Hospital Vitória/Hospital Samaritano Barra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Claudio Tinoco Mesquita

  3. Nuclear Medicine Section, Radiology Department, Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Av. Marques do Paraná 303, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, ZIP 24070-035, Brazil

    Claudio Tinoco Mesquita

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Mesquita, C.T. Left ventricular ejection fraction: how to improve an established index?. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 37, 2533–2534 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-021-02199-y

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