Barriers to diagnosing and managing heart failure in primary care

• 1 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (address for correspondence: Therapeutics Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010)
• 2 and Cardiologist, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

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