Publisher Correction: Accurate Detection of Dobutamine-induced Haemodynamic Changes by Kino-Cardiography: A

Amin Hossein1,2, Daniela Corina Mirica3, Jérémy Rabineau4

  • 1LPHYS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium. amin.hossein@ulb.ac.be.

Scientific Reports
|March 22, 2020
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