Chronic heart failure beyond city limits
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Chronic heart failure beyond city limits.
INTRODUCTION Chronic heart failure (CHF) develops in frail elderly individuals who have suffered an acute or sustained insult to the structural efficiency of the heart due to the presence of underlying heart disease and/or hypertension. It is also more common in individuals with disproportionately high levels of cardiac disease or its risk factors, for example lower socioeconomic status. As suc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rural and Remote Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1445-6354
DOI: 10.22605/rrh443