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Left ventricular biopsies from patients with latent cardiomyopathy, dilative cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and aortic valve disease were analyzed in order to evaluate possible correlations between myocardial structure and left ventricular function.
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Kunkel, B., Schneider, M. (1988). Myocardial structure and left ventricular function in hypertrophic and dilative cardiomyopathy and aortic valve disease. In: Kaltenbach, M., Hopf, R., Kunkel, B. (eds) New Aspects of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85369-2_2
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