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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart failure: from ugly duckling to swan

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  1. Cardiology Department, S. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Via di Grottarossa, 1035-39, 00189, Rome, Italy

    Damiano Magrì & Massimo Volpe

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Magrì, D., Volpe, M. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart failure: from ugly duckling to swan. Intern Emerg Med 4, 263–264 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-009-0230-y

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