Evaluation of left ventricular performance: an insolvable problem in human beings? The Graal quest

Editorial

Alain Nitenberg. Intensive Care Med. 2004 Jul.

. 2004 Jul;30(7):1258-60.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-004-2318-1. Epub 2004 May 26.

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Effect of large volume infusion on left ventricular volumes, performance and contractility parameters in normal volunteers.
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Year in review in intensive care medicine, 2004. II. Brain injury, hemodynamic monitoring and treatment, pulmonary embolism, gastrointestinal tract, and renal failure.
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