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Maria Patarroyo-Aponte1, Monica Colvin-Adams

  • 1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street Southeast, MMC 508, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

Cardiology Clinics
|November 30, 2013
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Cardiovascular diseaseEvaluationHeart failureRisk factors

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