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. 2009 Feb 3;23(12):881–882. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960231204

Specialized Heart Failure Centers—A Success or an Indicator of the Failure of Our Health Care Delivery System

Bertram Pitt 1, John M Nicklas 1,
PMCID: PMC6654797  PMID: 11129672

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