Optimization of patent foramen ovale detection by contrast transthoracic echocardiography using harmonic imaging
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Transthoracic second harmonic two- and three-dimensional echocardiography for detection of patent foramen ovale.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1875-2136
DOI: 10.1016/s1875-2136(08)73692-1