Feasibility of evidence-based diagnosis and management of heart failure in older people in care: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

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Published in BMC Geriatr on November 14, 2012

Authors

Helen C Hancock1, Helen Close, James M Mason, Jeremy J Murphy, Ahmet Fuat, Mark de Belder, Trudy Hunt, Andy Baker, Douglas Wilson, A Pali S Hungin

Author Affiliations

1: Durham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Queen's Campus, Wolfson Research Institute, University Boulevard, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH, UK. helen.hancock@durham.ac.uk

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