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Chapter 5A - Cardiac Investigations

Echocardiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

By
Muhammad Sohaib Nazir  and
Rajan Sharma
Edited by
A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert  and
Mark MacGregor
A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, London
Mark MacGregor
Affiliation:
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital Trust
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Core Topics in Preoperative Anaesthetic Assessment and Management , pp. 38 - 47
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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