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Effects of Ramadan fasting on the symptoms of chronic heart failure

Rami M. Abazid, Hassan H. Khalaf, Haitham I. Sakr, Nora A. Altorbak, Habiba S. Alenzi, Zaki M. Awad, Osama A. Smettei, Moataz A. Elsanan, Adel M. Widyan, Ahmed S. Azazy and Hassan W. Chamsi-Pasha
Saudi Medical Journal April 2018, 39 (4) 395-400; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.4.22011
Rami M. Abazid
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hassan H. Khalaf
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Haitham I. Sakr
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nora A. Altorbak
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Habiba S. Alenzi
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Zaki M. Awad
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Osama A. Smettei
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Moataz A. Elsanan
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adel M. Widyan
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed S. Azazy
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hassan W. Chamsi-Pasha
From the Department of Cardiology (Abazid, Mokhtar, Smettei), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Mathemetics (Altorbak, Alenzi, Widyan), College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Department of Cardiology (Khalaf, Elsanan), King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Department of Cardiology (Sakr, Azaziy), King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Cardiology (Chamshi-Pasha), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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