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Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Jul;23(7):1120-1121. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2182. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

The lower is not always the better: a more comprehensive understanding of loop diuretics in heart failure.

European journal of heart failure

Nicolas Girerd, G Michael Felker

Affiliations

  1. Université de Lorraine, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, Institut Lorrain du Cœur et des Vaisseaux Louis Mathieu, CHRU de Nancy, INSERM DCAC, F-CRIN INI-CRCT, Nancy, France.
  2. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.

PMID: 33826210 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2182

[No abstract available.]

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