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Pathophysiology: Clinical Spectrum and Current Management

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Management of Heart Failure

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The noted biological and medical writer Lewis Thomas mused in his 1983 essay, entitled ‘The Artificial Heart:

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Gupta, M.P., Raman, J. (2016). Pathophysiology: Clinical Spectrum and Current Management. In: Raman, J. (eds) Management of Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4279-9_2

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