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Effect of passive tilting duration on the outcome of head-up tilt testing

Malgorzata LelonekDepartment of Cardiology, I. Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.Correspondence[email protected]
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Adam StanczykDepartment of Cardiology, I. Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
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Jan Henryk GochDepartment of Cardiology, I. Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Pages 547-552 | Received 15 Jan 2007, Accepted 28 Sep 2007, Published online: 23 May 2017

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