B-lines in heart failure: will comets guide us?

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¹ Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

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Luna Gargani et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Dec.

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. 2019 Dec;21(12):1616-1618.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1641.

¹ Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

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Lung ultrasound-guided treatment in ambulatory patients with heart failure: a randomized controlled clinical trial (LUS-HF study).
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