HEART FAILURE / RESEARCH LETTER
Baseline characteristics of 1,422 patients with heart failure from the HEart failuRe ObsErvational Study of the Polish Cardiac Society (HEROES)
 
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2nd Department of Cardiology, 2nd Chair of Cardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
 
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Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
 
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Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 2025-09-30
 
 
Acceptance date: 2025-10-26
 
 
Online publication date: 2025-10-31
 
 
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Robert Morawiec   

2nd Department of Cardiology 2nd Chair of Cardiology Medical University of Lodz, Poland
 
 
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(5):2179-2183
 
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