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Editorial
. 2006 Apr;92(4):437-40.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.083980.

ESC-CHF: guidelines for the aspirational and the practical

A J B Brady, P A Poole-Wilson
Editorial

ESC-CHF: guidelines for the aspirational and the practical

A J B Brady et al. Heart. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

The recently published guidelines by the European Society of Cardiology on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure are well worth reading, include important new recommendations and are reviewed here.

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