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Ubiquity of Multimorbidity: Comorbid Conditions and Mortality in HFpEF

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  1. Editorials
  2. adult
  3. comorbidity
  4. heart failure
  5. stroke

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Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (I.K.).
Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.N.).

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For Disclosures, see page 271.
The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.
Correspondence to: Ajith Nair, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge Ave, Ste 6C, Houston, TX 77030. Email [email protected]

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