Hospitalizations for heart failure and mortality risk during the evolving coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic - the wave may break but a dangerous undertow persists

Jeffrey R Wagner¹, Andrew P Ambrosy^{2

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¹ Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.

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Jeffrey R Wagner et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Dec.

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. 2020 Dec;22(12):2225-2227.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2043. Epub 2020 Nov 16.

Jeffrey R Wagner¹, Andrew P Ambrosy^{2

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¹ Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.

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Temporal trends in decompensated heart failure and outcomes during COVID-19: a multisite report from heart failure referral centres in London.
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