RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improving care of chronic heart failure: Advances from drugs to devices
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 141
OP 146
VO 70
IS 2
A1 Starling, Randall C.
YR 2003
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/2/141.abstract
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.