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. 2025 Nov;27(11):2521-2524.
doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3528. Epub 2024 Nov 19.

Association between locomotor muscle quality and cardiac function during exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Salaheddin M Sharif  1 , Joshua R Smith  1 , Barry A Borlaug  1 , Thomas P Olson  1
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Association between locomotor muscle quality and cardiac function during exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Salaheddin M Sharif et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2025 Nov.
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