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American Heart Journal

Volume 98, Issue 3, September 1979, Pages 371-384
American Heart Journal

Review
The heart as a muscle-pump system and the concept of heart failure

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    This work was supported by Grant HL-18749, HL-17441 and Program Project Grant HL-08805 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md.

    Drs. Weber and Janicki are the recipients of NIH Research Career Development Awards HL-00187 and HL-00411, respectively.

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