American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 130-136 , 1 January 2006

Consequences of Increasing Heart Rate on Deceleration Time, the Velocity–Time Integral, and E/A

Received 12 May 2005 ,Revised 25 July 2005 ,Accepted 25 July 2005.

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 This study was supported in part by the Whitaker Foundation; the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Grants HL54179 and HL04023); the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas; the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Charitable Trust; and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation.

PII: S0002-9149(05)01681-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.07.116

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 130-136 , 1 January 2006

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