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Editorial
. 2017 Sep;19(9):1198-1200.
doi: 10.1002/ejhf.884. Epub 2017 May 30.

Emphasis on abdominal obesity as a modifier of eplerenone effect in heart failure: hypothesis-generating signals from EMPHASIS-HF

Ali Ahmed  1   2 , Marc R Blackman  1   2   3 , Michel White  4 , Stefan D Anker  5   6
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Editorial

Emphasis on abdominal obesity as a modifier of eplerenone effect in heart failure: hypothesis-generating signals from EMPHASIS-HF

Ali Ahmed et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 Sep.
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