PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Starling, Randall C.
TI  - Improving care of chronic heart failure: Advances from drugs to devices
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 141--146
VI  - 70
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/2/141.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/2/141.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Feb 01; 70
AB  - The right combination of drugs and surgical treatment can improve systolic function and prevent, attenuate, or reverse heart failure. Patient education and disease management programs can reduce hospitalizations. Optimal treatment for each patient is guided by a thorough evaluation and use of functional classification and disease staging systems.