European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 764-767 , December 2009

Clinical outcomes in medical outliers admitted to hospital with heart failure

  • César Alameda

      Affiliations

    • Briviesca Health Centre, Briviesca, Burgos, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 947592259; fax: +34 947590607.
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  • Carmen Suárez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Received 15 September 2008 ,Revised 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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☆ Data from the manuscript were presented at the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) Congress 2007, in Sitges (Barcelona, Spain), on the 24th of November.

PII: S0953-6205(09)00187-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.09.010

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 764-767 , December 2009

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