Practical approaches for the treatment of chronic heart failure: Frequently asked questions, overlooked points and controversial issues in current clinical practice

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-60

  Çavuşoğlu, Yüksel ^a   Altay, Hakan ^b   Ekmekçi, Ahmet ^c   Eren, Mehmet ^c   Küçükoğlu, Mehmet Serdar ^d   Nalbantgil, Sanem ^e   Sarı, İbrahim ^f   Selçuk, Timur ^g   Temizhan, Ahmet ^g   Ural, Dilek ^h   Weinstein, Jean Marc ⁱ   Yeşilbursa, Dilek ^j   Yılmaz, Mehmet Birhan ^k   Zoghi, Mehdi ^e   Aydoğdu, Sinan ^g   Kutlu, Merih ^l   Özer, Necla ^m   Şahin, Mahmut ⁿ   Tokgözoğlu, Lale ^m  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^h KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^j ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Algorithm; Drugs; Heart failure; Strategies; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALISKIREN; AMILORIDE; BUMETANIDE; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; EPLERENONE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDAPAMIDE; IVABRADINE; LISINOPRIL; METOLAZONE; NEBIVOLOL; NIFEDIPINE; PERINDOPRIL; PHENPROCOUMON; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TOLVAPTAN; TORASEMIDE; TRANDOLAPRIL; TRIAMTERENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALSARTAN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL; BOSENTAN; DARUSENTAN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LOSARTAN; NITRATE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; SACUBITRIL; SACUBITRIL PLUS VALSARTAN; SILDENAFIL; TEZOSENTAN;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOSELECTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; AGED; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TURKEY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COUGHING; DIURETIC THERAPY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; IMPOTENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TURKEY;

EID: 84994339703     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: 13080032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6767     Document Type: Article

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