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Chapter 3 - Cardiac Function

from Section 1 - Physiology of Normal Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2018

By
Herbert Valensise ,
Gian Paolo Novelli ,
Daniele Farsetti  and
Barbara Vasapollo
Edited by
Christoph Lees  and
Wilfried Gyselaers
Christoph Lees
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Wilfried Gyselaers
Affiliation:
Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium
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Maternal Hemodynamics , pp. 24 - 33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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