Gut Microbiome and Precision Nutrition in Heart Failure: Hype or Hope?

Thanat Chaikijurajai1, W.H. Wilson Tang1
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk J3-4, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

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