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Pharmacotherapy for Heart Failure Reviewed
Link ID 5049
Title Pharmacotherapy for Heart Failure Reviewed
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573260?src=rss
Description A review article discusses pharmacologic therapies to use for patients with heart failure who present to primary care. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Apr 22, 2008
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