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Clinical Profiles and Outcomes of Heart Failure in Five African Countries: Results from INTER-CHF Study Cover

Clinical Profiles and Outcomes of Heart Failure in Five African Countries: Results from INTER-CHF Study

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|Jul 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.940 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 23, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 15, 2021
Published on: Jul 30, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Kamilu M. Karaye, Hisham Dokainish, Ahmed ElSayed, Charles Mondo, Albertino Damasceno, Karen Sliwa, Kumar Balasubramanian, Alex Grinvalds, Salim Yusuf, on behalf of investigators of INTERnational Congestive Heart Failure (INTER-CHF) Study, published by Ubiquity Press
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