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Quantitative assessment of the pressure and volume overloaded right ventricle: imaging is a real challenge

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    I.I. Tulevski, H. Romkes, M. Groenink & B.J.M. Mulder

  2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. Dodge-Khatami

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    E.E. van der Wall

  4. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Groningen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Tulevski, I., Romkes, H., Dodge-Khatami, A. et al. Quantitative assessment of the pressure and volume overloaded right ventricle: imaging is a real challenge. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 18, 41–51 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014315329767

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