The immunological axis in heart failure: importance of the leukocyte differential.

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Published in Heart Fail Rev on November 01, 2013

Authors

Muthiah Vaduganathan1, Stephen J Greene, Javed Butler, Hani N Sabbah, Eduard Shantsila, Gregory Y H Lip, Mihai Gheorghiade

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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