Beta-blockers for heart failure

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cleland, John G F ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^b   Eastaugh, Joanne ^c   Young, Phillip J ^c   Harrison, Jane ^c   Heran, Balraj S ^d   Taylor, Rod S ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTED ARTICLE; REVIEW;

EID: 84969506823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002131.pub2     Document Type: Review

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