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Editorial

Intracardiac multimorbidity: assessing right ventricular function in left-sided heart failure through cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Ross ArenaDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Cemal OzemekDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAView further author information
Pages 331-333 | Received 14 Nov 2018, Accepted 19 Feb 2019, Published online: 27 Feb 2019

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