Letter to the editor

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Ündar A , Masai T , Frazier OH , Fraser CD. Pulsatile and non-pulsatile flows can be quantified in terms of energy equivalent pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass for direct comparisons . ASAIO Journal 1999 (in press).

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