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Patients with worsening chronic heart failure who present to a hospital emergency department require hospital care
BACKGROUND: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a major public health problem characterised by progressive deterioration with disabling symptoms and frequent hospital admissions. To influence hospitalisation rates it is crucial to identify precipitating factors. To characterise patients with CHF who seek...
Autores principales: | Shafazand, Masoud, Patel, Harshidaben, Ekman, Inger, Swedberg, Karl, Schaufelberger, Maria |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22401538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-132 |
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