The Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire correlates with disability and clinical parameters in elderly patients with heart failure
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Heart Failure
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1388-9842
DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)80362-1