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Clinical medicine engages heart failure at the level of the individual. This chapter considers the presentations of heart failure and clinical tools that enable patient evaluation. Greater attention to clinical presentations and tools can be found in Chapter 9, Diagnosis.
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Jaski, B.E. (2000). Individual. In: Basics of Heart Failure. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 228. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4379-4_3
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