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Diagnostic echocardiography in an unstable intensive care patient

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Gray, R., Baldwin, F. & Bruemmer-Smith, S. Diagnostic echocardiography in an unstable intensive care patient. Echo Res Pract 2, K11–K16 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-14-0040

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