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. 2018 Jun;20(6):1068-1071.
doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1130. Epub 2018 Jan 4.

Globalization of heart failure clinical trials: a systematic review of 305 trials conducted over 16 years

Muthiah Vaduganathan  1 , Ayman Samman Tahhan  2 , Stephen J Greene  3 , Maureen Okafor  4 , Sonali Kumar  4 , Javed Butler  5
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Globalization of heart failure clinical trials: a systematic review of 305 trials conducted over 16 years

Muthiah Vaduganathan et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Jun.
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Proportion of heart failure clinical trials by primary region(s) of enrolment over the 16-year study period
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