Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 310-319 , May 2008

Noninvasive Detection of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction by Acoustic Cardiography in Cardiac Failure Patients

Received 16 July 2007 ,Revised 14 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 December 2007.

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 The authors have no conflict of interest and will have no financial gain from the writing or the publication of this manuscript.

PII: S1071-9164(07)01163-3

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.12.004

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 310-319 , May 2008

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