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Revisiting the clinical utilization of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in Saudi Arabia after 2 decades

A cross-sectional study

Monira I. Aldhahi, Abdulfattah S. Alqahtani and Hazzaa M. AL-Hazzaa
Saudi Medical Journal February 2024, 45 (2) 154-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.2.20230713

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