Comparative value of Doppler echocardiography and B-type natriuretic peptide assay in the etiologic diagnosis of acute dyspnea
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- 16 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Vol. 40 (10), 1794-1800
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02482-8
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