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One stop cardiac investigation ‘CT or echocardiography’: beyond ejection fraction

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  1. Echocardiography Department, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK

    Robin Chung

  2. Department of Cardiology, Medical School, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Mamdouh Zidan

  3. Department of Cardiology, West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 6AF, UK

    Michael Y. Henein

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Chung, R., Zidan, M. & Henein, M.Y. One stop cardiac investigation ‘CT or echocardiography’: beyond ejection fraction. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 24, 327–329 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-007-9268-y

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