title: Diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure: how to reestablish a key role for the primary care physician?
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Unit, Cardiovascular Centre, OLV Ziekenhuis, Moorselbaan, 9300 Aalst, Belgium. marc.goethals@olvz-aalst.be
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goethals
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vanderheyden
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001530:Belgium; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods; D010821:Physicians, Family; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004232:Diuretics