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Cardiac failure in an elderly population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

SJ Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
Michael Lye
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
*
SJ Smith, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation, Clatterbridge Hospital, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside L63 4JY, UK.

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Clinical geriatrics
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