Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 87-90 , January 2008

Does This Patient Have Congestive Heart Failure?

  • Shahriar Zehtabchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
    • ,
  • Ethan S. Brandler, MDMPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
    • Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

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PII: S0196-0644(07)00447-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.034

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 87-90 , January 2008

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