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European Heart Journal 2001 22(16):1368-1370; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2664
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Measuring cardiac power output—the acid test

D.P. Nichollsa and M.S. Rileyb

a Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, N.Ireland
b City Hospital, Belfast, N.Ireland

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