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Left Atrium a Microscope for Left Ventricle: Left Atrial Expansion Index (LAEI) One of the Lens: What can We See with this?

Minati Choudhury, Goverdhan D Puri

Citation Information : Choudhury M, Puri GD. Left Atrium a Microscope for Left Ventricle: Left Atrial Expansion Index (LAEI) One of the Lens: What can We See with this?. J Perioper Echocardiogr 2020; 8 (2):23-25.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10034-1125

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 27-01-2023

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).


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