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Assessing volume status in heart failure: The role of renal duplex ultrasound in evaluating cardiorenal morbidity and heart failure mortality Cover

Assessing volume status in heart failure: The role of renal duplex ultrasound in evaluating cardiorenal morbidity and heart failure mortality

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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
Language: English
Page range: 275 - 289
Submitted on: Feb 26, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 25, 2025
Published on: Jul 31, 2025
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