Key result
Review outlines outpatient pharmacological strategies for complex chronic heart failure.
Why the study?
Pharmaceutical treatments for chronic heart failure are underutilised and their optimal prescription is challenged by side effects and drug interactions.
Chronic heart failure is a clinical syndrome associated with an ominous long-term prognosis and major economic consequences for Western societies. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in the pharmacological management of heart failure, and several treatments have been confirmed to confer survival and symptomatic benefits. However, pharmaceuticals remain underutilised, and the combination of several different drugs present challenges for their optimal prescription, requiring a thorough knowledge of potential side effects and complex interactions. This article reviews in detail the evidence pertaining to the out-patient pharmacological management of chronic heart failure, and offers recommendations on the use of various drugs in complex clinical conditions, or in areas of ongoing controversy.
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Terrovitis et al. (2005) conducted a review in Chronic heart failure. Pharmacological management was evaluated. This review summarizes the evidence for out-patient pharmacological management of chronic heart failure and provides recommendations for complex clinical conditions.
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