CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE - CURRENT AND FUTURE STRATEGIES TO DECREASE MORTALITY

被引:9
|
作者
HOBBS, RE
CZERSKA, B
机构
[1] Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
关键词
D O I
10.1080/00325481.1994.11945915
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The prevalence of and mortality from congestive heart failure increase with advancing age. The most important prognostic indicators are exercise tolerance and left ventricular function. Currently, drug treatment consists of digitalis, diuretics, and ACE inhibitors. Future management may include medications to modulate the extracardiac mechanisms of decompensation and newer surgical techniques to assist or replace the failing heart.
引用
收藏
页码:167 / 172
页数:6
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] INOTROPIC AGENTS INCREASE MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    YUSUF, S
    TEO, K
    CIRCULATION, 1990, 82 (04) : 673 - 673
  • [22] THE KIDNEY IN CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    RITZ, E
    FLISER, D
    EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 1991, 12 : 14 - 20
  • [23] NITRATES IN CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    DUPUIS, J
    CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS AND THERAPY, 1994, 8 (03) : 501 - 507
  • [24] DIGITALIS IN CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    DEMEIJER, PHEM
    NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 1994, 45 (05): : 225 - 232
  • [25] HYPOCALCEMIC CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    ROWELL, WG
    KREISBERG, RA
    SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1987, 80 (03) : 396 - 398
  • [26] CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE AND BRADYCARDIA
    BERCZELLER, PH
    HOSPITAL PRACTICE, 1994, 29 (01): : 111 - &
  • [27] CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE AND THORACENTESIS
    KUPFER, Y
    TESSLER, S
    ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1986, 104 (04) : 584 - 585
  • [28] ENALAPRIL FOR CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    DENNICK, LG
    MASKIN, CS
    MEYER, JH
    SCHOTZ, WE
    BROWN, BW
    NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 1987, 317 (21): : 1350 - 1350
  • [29] CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE IN CANINES
    RAJAN, TSS
    JAYATHANGARAJ, MG
    PATTABIRAMAN, SR
    INDIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, 1995, 72 (08): : 864 - 866
  • [30] PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE
    PARMLEY, WW
    CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 1992, 15 (09) : I5 - I12