Inpatient Management of Heart Failure: Are We Shooting at the Right Target?

Ann Intern Med

From Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, and Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Published: February 2017

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