Predicting risk of hospitalization or death among patients with heart failure in the veterans health administration.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on July 21, 2012

Authors

Li Wang1, Brian Porter, Charles Maynard, Christopher Bryson, Haili Sun, Elliott Lowy, Mary McDonell, Kathleen Frisbee, Christopher Nielson, Stephan D Fihn

Author Affiliations

1: Health Service and Research Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA.

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