Design considerations and proposed template for clinical trials in hospitalized patients with decompensated chronic heart failure.
O'Connor
Christopher M
CM
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
Gattis
Wendy A
WA
Teerlink
John R
JR
Adams
Kirkwood F
KF
Gheorghiade
Mihai
M
D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome