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Update on therapy for acute and chronic heart failure. Applying advances in outpatient management
Francis Q Almeda1, Steven M Hollenberg
1Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Jelke Pavillon, Suite 1021, 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. francis_q_almeda@rush.edu
Postgraduate Medicine
|March 22, 2003
Abstract:
Care of patients with heart failure is often challenging and involves proper therapeutic selection from the pharmacologic, interventional, and mechanical options available. In this article, Drs Almeda and Hollenberg discuss the latest approaches and guidelines to treatment of acute and chronic heart failure in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. They review the benefits, risks, and myriad considerations that physicians need to assess before making choices about best medical management.