title: Cardiac failure. Current therapeutic concepts.
abstract: Reflection on basic mechanisms in cardiac failure gives an insight into the modes of therapy available in management. Therapeutic options have in the past two decades expanded markedly with enhanced quality and quantity of life. With end stage disease the option of a heart transplant is providing quality of life to increasing numbers of selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans