Regular review: Drug treatment in heart failure
- 29 April 2000
- Vol. 320 (7243), 1188-1192
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.320.7243.1188
Abstract
Methods This review is based primarily on randomised clinical trials of drug treatments in chronic heart failure. We selected original articles from Medline (1966-99) published in quality journals using the keywords heart failure, congestive, therapy, and randomised controlled trials, and we studied meta-analyses and major reviews in heart failure.Keywords
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