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Theme: Heart Failure - Key Paper Evaluation

Wrongfully accused: metformin use in heart failure

Dean T Eurich School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2T4, Canada. [email protected]; ACHORD, 2-040 Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2E1, Canada; School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2T4, Canada. [email protected]; ACHORD, 2-040 Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2E1, Canada
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Finlay A McAlister ACHORD, 2-040 Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2E1, Canada; Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2B7, Canada; ACHORD, 2-040 Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2E1, Canada; Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, T6G 2B7, Canada
Pages 147-150 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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