Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1076-1085 , July 2009

The Age Dependence of Left Ventricular Filling Efficiency

  • Wei Zhang, MA
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  • Sándor J. Kovács, PhD, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sándor J. Kovács, PhD, MD, Cardiovascular Biophysics Laboratory, Washington University Medical Center, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8086, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Received 6 August 2008 ,Revised 19 November 2008 ,Accepted 24 January 2009.

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