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Evaluating left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Stress echocardiography

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    Edgar Argulian MD MPH

  2. Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

    Farooq A. Chaudhry MD, FACP, FACC, FASE, FAHA

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Argulian, E., Chaudhry, F.A. Evaluating left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Stress echocardiography. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 957–960 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-015-0116-5

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