Insights into the contemporary epidemiology and outpatient management of congestive heart failure.

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Published in Am Heart J on July 01, 1999

Authors

F A McAlister1, K K Teo, M Taher, T J Montague, D Humen, L Cheung, M Kiaii, R Yim, P W Armstrong

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1: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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