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Is there any novelty on the horizon of heart failure management in internal medicine? The evaluation of body fluid accumulation

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  1. Heart Failure Unit, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, Policlinico “Paolo Giaccone”, University Hospital of Palermo, Piazza delle Cliniche 2, 90127, Palermo, Italy

    Gaspare Parrinello, Daniele Torres, Salvatore Paterna & Giuseppe Licata

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Parrinello, G., Torres, D., Paterna, S. et al. Is there any novelty on the horizon of heart failure management in internal medicine? The evaluation of body fluid accumulation. Intern Emerg Med 4, 269–270 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-009-0239-2

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