Delivering guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction as an over-encapsulated polypill: rationale and protocol for the COMBO-HF-X pilot crossover randomised clinical trial

By sjmartinez • March 22, 2025

DeJong C, Durstenfeld MS, Davis JD, Wang CS, Riley ED, Huffman MD, Hickey MD, Shade SB, Chen JC, Kazi DS, Grochowski J, Steward WT, Zier LS, Moreau N, Sandhu AT, Heidenreich PA, Agarwal A, Hsue PY. Delivering guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction as an over-encapsulated polypill: rationale and protocol for the COMBO-HF-X pilot crossover randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 21;15(3):e093663. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093663. PMID: 40118491.

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