Lack of agreement between thermodilution and electrical velocimetry cardiac output measurements
β Scribed by Matthias Heringlake; Ulrich Handke; Thorsten Hanke; Frank Eberhardt; Jan Schumacher; Hartmut Gehring; Hermann Heinze
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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