earlier and more aggressive treatment for systolic heart failure
March 1999
Cardiologists now recommend earlier and more aggressive treatment for systolic heart failure.
This is important. Experts say that improving drug therapy could prevent more than 100,000 deaths/yr in the U.S. and Canada.
Most patients should get a combination of an ACE inhibitor...diuretic...beta-blocker...AND digoxin.
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