Myocardial contraction fraction: Are we at the beginning or at the end?

Int J Cardiol

Department of Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving st NW, Washington, DC 20010, United States of America. Electronic address:

Published: January 2022

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