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Original Research

Outcomes of ambulance arrival vs. self-presentation in acute heart failure: an insight from the heart failure registry in Pakistan

Danish Iltaf Sattia Department of Medicine, Shifa Tameer e Millat University, Islamabad, PakistanView further author information
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Talib Hussainb Department of Cardiology, Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, PakistanView further author information
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Sohail Ahmedc Department of Cardiology, DHQ Hospital Chakwal, Chakwal, PakistanView further author information
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Burhan Ul Haq Saqibd Department of Cardiology, DHQ Hospital, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir PakistanView further author information
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Jahanzeb Malike Department of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-4187View further author information
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Farhan Umairf Department of Cardiology, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, PakistanView further author information
Pages 409-413 | Received 30 Dec 2021, Accepted 05 May 2022, Published online: 09 May 2022

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