Chronic heart failure: Current evidence, challenges to therapy, and future directions

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-171

  Morrissey, Ryan P ^a   Czer, Lawrence ^a   Shah, Prediman K ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor; aldosterone antagonist; angiotensin II receptor blocker; antidiuretic hormone antagonist; beta adrenoceptor blocker; diastolic dysfunction; digoxin; dihydropiridine calcium channel antagonist; direct renin inhibitor; dobutamine; erythropoietin; growth hormone; heart failure; hydralazine; isosorbide; levothyroxine; loop diuretic; milrinone; omega 3 fatty acidsfish oil; systolic dysfunction; testosterone; thiazide type diuretic; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ALISKIREN; ALPRENOLOL; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; ENOXIMONE; EPLERENONE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LEVOSIMENDAN; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; PRAZOSIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TORASEMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALSARTAN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUGHING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; MONITOR; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM RETENTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TACHYCARDIA; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER RETENTION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 79957869378     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: 1179187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11592090-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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