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Paediatric heart failure trials…and tribulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2007

Robert E. Shaddy
Robert E. Shaddy*
Affiliation:
Primary Children’s Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Robert E. Shaddy, MD, Cardiology, Primary Children’s Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, 100 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113. Tel: +801 662 5467; Fax: +801 662 5404; E-mail: robert.shaddy@intermountainmail.org
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Keywords

Childrencardiac failureendpoints
Type
Editorial Comment
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 354 - 355
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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