The recurring problem of heart failure hospitalisations

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Pardeep S Jhund. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Feb.

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. 2020 Feb;22(2):249-250.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1721. Epub 2020 Jan 11.

¹ British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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