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Cederick Landry1, Gregory L Hundemer2, Rémi Goupil3
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada; Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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