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Yogamaya Mantha1, Rakushumimarika Harada1, Michinari Hieda2

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX, 75231, USA.

Heart Failure Clinics
|March 8, 2020
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Keywords:
ArrhythmiaCardiogenic shockDiureticsHeart failureHypertensive emergencyInotropesVasodilatorsVasopressors

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