Treatment of heart failure at home
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Treatment of heart failure at home
AIM An alternative for treatment and control of patients aged 80 years and more suffering from heart failure. INTRODUCTION It is known that a substantial proportion the elderly suffer from heart failure. Patients of advanced age do prefer to be treated at home. They find it a burden to go the hospital and being examined. At the same time it is known that treatment for heart failure in this ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Integrated Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1568-4156
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.643