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Palliative care for patients with acute decompensated heart failure: an underused service?

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Bekelman, D., Havranek, E. Palliative care for patients with acute decompensated heart failure: an underused service?. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 250–251 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1154

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