Obstructive sleep apnea and left ventricular strain: Useful tool or fancy gadget?
Cesare Cuspidi1, Marijana Tadic2
1Clinical Research Unit, University of Milan-Bicocca and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Meda, Italy.
Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
|January 1, 2020
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