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UK hospitals short-changing women with heart failure
11-13-2007 · EurekAlert!Women with heart failure are less likely than men to receive recommended investigations and treatment, when admitted to hospital as an emergency, reveals an extensive UK survey, published ahead of print in the journal Heart.
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