Current medical treatment for the exacerbation of chronic heart failure resulting in hospitalization

Parag Jain; Barry M. Massie; Wendy A. Gattis; Livin Klein; Mihai Gheorghiade

doi:10.1067/mhj.2003.149

Current medical treatment for the exacerbation of chronic heart failure resulting in hospitalization

Parag Jain, Barry M. Massie, Wendy A. Gattis, Livin Klein, Mihai Gheorghiade^*

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S3-S17
Journal	American heart journal
Volume	145
Issue number	2 SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/mhj.2003.149
State	Published - Feb 1 2003

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