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. 2015 Jun;76(6):330-6.
doi: 10.12968/hmed.2015.76.6.330.

Heart failure: not a single organ disease but a multisystem syndrome

David Warriner  1 , Paul Sheridan  2 , Patricia Lawford  3
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Heart failure: not a single organ disease but a multisystem syndrome

David Warriner et al. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Heart failure is not simply a single organ disease; rather it is a complex multi-system clinical syndrome, with impairment of endocrine, haematological, musculoskeletal, renal, respiratory and vascular systems, which influence morbidity and mortality.

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