Guidelines abstracted from consensus recommendations for the management of chronic heart failure.
The emphasis in the treatment of congestive heart failure due to systolic dysfunction has shifted from merely keeping the patient out of pulmonary edema to improving the quantity and quality of life and preventing the worsening of cardiac contractility. Treatment as outlined in the accompanying figure (Figure 1) provides guidelines for reaching such goals.
D000368:Aged; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents