TY - JOUR
T1 - Physician management of patients with heart failure and normal versus decreased left ventricular systolic function
AU - Fleg, Jerome L.
AU - Kitzman, Dalane W.
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Rich, Michael W.
AU - Gardin, Julius M.
AU - Slone, Stacey A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Brookdale Foundation, New York, New York. Brief Reports
PY - 1998/2/15
Y1 - 1998/2/15
N2 - A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of family practitioners, internists, cardiologists, and geriatricians to examine the current management of heart failure patients with preserved versus reduced left ventricular systolic function. In patients with preserved systolic function, electrocardiogram at rest, chest x-ray, echocardiography, digitalis, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and restriction of dietary sodium and physical activity are used less often, whereas calcium channel blockers and β blockers are given more often than to patients with reduced systolic function.
AB - A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of family practitioners, internists, cardiologists, and geriatricians to examine the current management of heart failure patients with preserved versus reduced left ventricular systolic function. In patients with preserved systolic function, electrocardiogram at rest, chest x-ray, echocardiography, digitalis, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and restriction of dietary sodium and physical activity are used less often, whereas calcium channel blockers and β blockers are given more often than to patients with reduced systolic function.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00941-7
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00941-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 9485147
AN - SCOPUS:0032519763
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 81
SP - 506
EP - 509
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 4
ER -