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Pimobendan Has a Potent Venodilating Action in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

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    Akihiro Matsumoto, Shin-ichi Momomura, Ikuo Yokoyama, Teruhiko Aoyagi, Seiryo Sugiura & Masao Omata

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Matsumoto, A., Momomura, Si., Yokoyama, I. et al. Pimobendan Has a Potent Venodilating Action in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 12, 595–597 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007755907820

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