Frailty and the failing heart do not travel alone

Dustin S Kehler^{1

2}, Rakesh C Arora^{3

4}

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¹ School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁴ Cardiac Sciences Program, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada.

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Dustin S Kehler et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Nov.

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. 2020 Nov;22(11):2120-2122.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1973. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Dustin S Kehler^{1

2}, Rakesh C Arora^{3

4}

¹ School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁴ Cardiac Sciences Program, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada.

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