The cardiorenal syndrome: do we need a change of strategy or a change of tactics?

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: Mariell.Jessup@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Midwest Heart Foundation, Lombard, Illinois.

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Mariell Jessup et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009.

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. 2009 Feb 17;53(7):597-599.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.012.

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: Mariell.Jessup@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Midwest Heart Foundation, Lombard, Illinois.

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