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Failing better: a new paradigm of care

Author: Hunter Groninger

Published in: Heart Failure Reviews | Issue 5/2017

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A professional colleague and advanced heart failure expert once noted to me that, “heart failure is the cancer disease of cardiology.” He went on to point out that, compared to patients with most solid cancers, patients with heart failure have significantly worse morbidity and mortality, are at risk for more frequent hospitalizations, and create a greater economic strain on the health system. …

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Title: Failing better: a new paradigm of care
Author: Hunter Groninger
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Heart Failure Reviews / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 1382-4147
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-017-9642-3

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