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. 2003 Apr;89(4):449-50.
doi: 10.1136/heart.89.4.449.

Conduit arterial stiffness is associated with impaired left ventricular subendocardial function

D Vinereanu, E Nicolaides, L Boden, N Payne, C J H Jones, A G Fraser

Conduit arterial stiffness is associated with impaired left ventricular subendocardial function

D Vinereanu et al. Heart. 2003 Apr.
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Figure 1
Correlations between longitudinal (subendocardial) left ventricular function (STDE = mean systolic velocity, ETDE = mean early diastolic velocity) and arterial stiffness (log transformed β index). • = normal subjects; ▾ patients with left ventricular dysfunction.
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