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IN physiological research and clinical medicine there is a need for a readily usable, non-injurious method of observing the pattern of blood ejection from the heart: from it could be derived the acceleration during early systole, a good index of myocardial strength and coordination1,2 and the integral under the flow/time curve, a measure of cardiac output and body perfusion.
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LIGHT, L. Non-injurious Ultrasonic Technique for observing Flow in the Human Aorta. Nature 224, 1119–1121 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241119a0
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