Management of heart failure.
Heart failure imposes a major burden on society. Primary care physicians, who care for 70% of all heart-failure patients, have opportunities to reduce the economic and mortality impact of this disease by improved outpatient management. Management tasks for these patients are discussed. Successful completion of these tasks will lead to an improvement in functional capacity, fewer hospitalizations, and longer lives for heart-failure patients.
Diller
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Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0582, USA. dillerpm@fmmail.uc.edu
Smucker
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012648:Self Care; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents