Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in elderly patients with heart failure

Age and Ageing,  May, 1998  by Shaun O'Keeffe,  Gill Harvey,  Michael Lye

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Received 9 April 1997

SHAUN O'KEEFFE, GILL HARVEY, MICHAEL LYE

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, PO Box 147, Prescot Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

Address correspondence to: M. Lye. Fax: (+44) 151 706 4064. E-mail: m.lye@liverpool.ac.uk

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