Diuretic therapy in congestive heart failure

• Published in: Cardiology in review Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 104
• Main Author: Taylor, S H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2000
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Diuretics - economics; Diuretics - therapeutic use; Female; Heart Failure - drug therapy; Heart Failure - economics; Heart Failure - etiology; Heart Failure - prevention & control; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; United Kingdom

The principal goals of treatment of the patient in heart failure are the relief of their symptoms and improvement in their prognosis. Of all antiheart failure drugs currently available, the diuretics are therapeutically superior in their efficacy in relieving clinical symptoms and signs. Whether adm...