Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 8 , Pages 587-593 , October 2006

A Simple Clinically Based Predictive Rule for Heart Failure In-Hospital Mortality

Received 4 April 2006 ,Revised 29 May 2006 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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 Supported in part by grants from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS) and Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa (FIPE-HCPA).

PII: S1071-9164(06)00816-5

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.06.475

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 8 , Pages 587-593 , October 2006

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