J Cardiovasc Imaging.  2020 Apr;28(2):134-136. 10.4250/jcvi.2020.0006.

False-positive Stress Echocardiography: Not as Simple as It Looks

• Cho IJ

• KMID: 2509458
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jcvi.2020.0006

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