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Has COMET solved the controversy as to whether carvedilol is better than metoprolol in heart failure?

Sheila A Doggrell Doggrell Biomedical Communications, 47 Caronia Crescent, Lynfield, Auckland, New Zealand. [email protected]
Pages 205-208 | Published online: 02 Mar 2005

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