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Mar Gomis-Pastor1,2, Eulalia Roig Mingell2,3, Sonia Mirabet Perez3

  • 1Heart Transplant Unit and Pharmacy Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Santa Pau, Barcelona, Spain.

Clinical Transplantation
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Keywords:
comorbidityheart transplantationimmunosuppressioninterdisciplinary health teamlong-term caremedication therapy managementmultiple chronic conditionspolypharmacytherapeutic indextreatment outcome

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