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Direct Assessment of Cardiac Function

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In the assessment of the effects of drugs on the heart it is important to define the aspects of cardiac function to be measured. We seem to be coming through a period of philosophical revision of our understanding of cardiac function and a new consensus is beginning to appear. The essential part of the heart as far as the systemic circulation is concerned is the left ventricle and most attention is directed to the performance of this chamber and its alteration by disease or drugs.

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Hamer, J. (1980). Direct Assessment of Cardiac Function. In: Shanks, R.G. (eds) Cardiovascular System. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05380-3_2

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