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Right Ventricular Strain in Normal Healthy Adult Filipinos: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

Julius Caesar De Vera, Jonnah Fatima T. Baltasar-Pelat
Jun 2018 DOI 10.69944/pjc.17572ab8ed

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Julius Caesar De Vera, MD; Jonnah Fatima T. Baltasar-Pelat, MD 

St. Luke’s Medical Center−Global City, Taguig City 

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