Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology meeting 2014: PARADIGM-HF, CONFIRM-HF, SIGNIFY, atrial fibrillation, beta-blockers and heart failure, and vagal stimulation in heart failure

ESC Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 82-86

  Clark, Andrew L ^a   Pellicori, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Society of Cardiology 2014; Heart failure; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978983816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12012     Document Type: Review

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