Cardiology
General Cardiology
Heart Failure in 1991Francis G.S.Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., USA
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Article / Publication Details
Received: September 20, 1990
Accepted: October 01, 1990
Published online: November 12, 2008
Issue release date: 1991
Number of Print Pages: 14
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0008-6312 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9751 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CRD
Abstract
Congestive heart failure has emerged as an important public health problem world wide. It is the single most common cause for hospitalization of patients over the age of 65 years in the United States. The past decade has witnessed the completion of a number of clinical trials which have been helpful in formulating treatment strategies for patients with chronic congestive heart failure. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors have emerged as distinctly useful pharmacologic therapy for this condition, and digitalis and diuretics are still widely used. New clinical trials are being planned and conducted to further refine our knowledge of treatment. Future studies are likely to be focused on understanding how myocardial damage begins and progresses to end-stage heart failure, and how early therapy may prevent the advanced stages of the disease.
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Article / Publication Details
Received: September 20, 1990
Accepted: October 01, 1990
Published online: November 12, 2008
Issue release date: 1991
Number of Print Pages: 14
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0008-6312 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9751 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CRD
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