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This paper was presented on April 2 2022 at the 71st American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions at Washington NDC.
Nutrition counseling and strictly limiting salt intake for one year in patients with heart failure resulted in improved quality of
A majority of patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—a condition that results in excess thickening of the heart muscle—who were