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Effects on left ventricular performance of changes in cardiac loading conditions depend on ‘relative load’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

S. G. De Hert
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
P. J. Van der Linden
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Charleroi, Belgium
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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