Treatment of chronic cardiac insufficiency in 1983
Turini, G.A.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 113(26): 951-956
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 6612276 Document Number: 202985
Identifying and correcting the cause is the ideal treatment of the clinical syndrome of chronic congestive heart failure. Whenever such an approach is impossible or does not suffice, the next step is to suppress precipitating factors and to prescribe rest, a low salt diet, digitalis and diuretics. If the patient remains symptomatic, vasodilators such as nitrates, hydralazin, prazosin or captopril may be very helpful. The physiopathological basis for a rational and practical approach to these various stages of therapy is reviewed.