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Reflections Revisited, Reinterpretation Required

Artery Research volume 26, pages 117–120 (2020)Cite this article

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  1. University of Twente, Technical Medical Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Berend E. Westerhof & Lex M. van Loon

  2. Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Berend E. Westerhof & Nico Westerhof

  3. Medical Biology, Section of Systems Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Berend E. Westerhof

  4. College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Lex M. van Loon

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Main findings of this short communication were presented at the Artery 2019 meeting.

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Westerhof, B.E., van Loon, L.M. & Westerhof, N. Reflections Revisited, Reinterpretation Required. Artery Res 26, 117–120 (2020). https://doi.org/10.2991/artres.k.200423.001

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