Is "Normal for Age" a Legitimate Assessment?: Significance of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in the Elderly.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.

Published: September 2023


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