title: Physician management of patients with heart failure and normal versus decreased left ventricular systolic function. Council on Geriatric Cardiology.
abstract: A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of family practitioners, internists, cardiologists, and geriatricians to examine the current management of heart failure patients with preserved versus reduced left ventricular systolic function. In patients with preserved systolic function, electrocardiogram at rest, chest x-ray, echocardiography, digitalis, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and restriction of dietary sodium and physical activity are used less often, whereas calcium channel blockers and beta blockers are given more often than to patients with reduced systolic function.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fleg
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kitzman
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gardin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Slone
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left