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Randomised study of effect of ibopamine on survival in patients with advanced severe heart failure

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The finding that antiarrhythmic treatment was a significant predictor of increased mortality in ibopamine-treated patients may be important, but exploratory analyses must be interpreted with caution.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1997-04-05 and is currently open access. It has received 338 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ibopamine & Heart failure.

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ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure).

TL;DR: The American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines regularly reviews existing guidelines to determine when an update or full revision is needed.
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Treatment of severe heart failure: quantity or quality of life? A trial of enoximone. Enoximone Investigators.

TL;DR: In patients with severe heart failure who remain incapacitated despite conventional treatment enoximone reduced survival but had a beneficial effect on the quality of life, drugs that improve symptoms in severe end stage heart failure should not be discarded lightly.
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Can further benefit be achieved by adding flosequinan to patients with congestive heart failure who remain symptomatic on diuretic, digoxin, and an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor? Results of the flosequinan-ACE inhibitor trial (FACET).

TL;DR: Results indicate that additional symptomatic benefit can be attained by adding flosequinan to a therapeutic regimen already including a converting enzyme inhibitor, and potential adjunctive agent in the management of severe congestive heart failure.
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