Clinical practice: heart failure in children. Part I: clinical evaluation, diagnostic testing, and initial medical management.

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Published in Eur J Pediatr on August 26, 2009

Authors

Paul F Kantor1, Luc L Mertens

Author Affiliations

1: Labatt Family Heart Center, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. paul.kantor@sickkids.ca

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