title: Goals of treatment and current management strategies.
abstract: "Many of us were taught in medical school that monotherapy is better than polypharmacy. But congestive heart failure (CHF) is a prototypical disease in which combination therapy including digoxin appears to surpass any of the agents used alone. In CHF we treat different aspects of the pathophysiology."
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Training Program, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Flowers
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides; D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents