Heart failure clinics are still useful (More Than Ever?)

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 272-275

  Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Strömberg, Anna ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Operations and Specialty Surgery Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84894285367     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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