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OPTIMIZE-ing treatment for patients with heart failure

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The synopsis was written by Alexandra King, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. TM Koelling is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Medical Director of Heart Failure in the Cardiovascular Center and at the University of Michigan, and KA Eagle is the Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,

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Koelling, T., Eagle, K. OPTIMIZE-ing treatment for patients with heart failure. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 10–11 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1037

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