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A simple index for ventriculoarterial coupling

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Catholic University of Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago de Chile

    Jorge Urzua MD, Guillermo Lema MD & Gladys Meneses BSc

  2. Electrical Engineering, Catholic University of Chile, P.O. Box 114-D, Santiago de Chile

    Jorge Urzua MD, Marcelo Guarini PhD, Aldo Cipriano PhD & Marcelo Matus BSc

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  1. Jorge Urzua MD
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  2. Guillermo Lema MD
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Supported in part by grants 90-851 and 90-587 from FONDECYT.

The author is grateful for the kind and useful criticism provided by William R. Milnor, MD.

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Urzua, J., Lema, G., Guarini, M. et al. A simple index for ventriculoarterial coupling. J Clin Monitor Comput 9, 208–210 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01617033

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