Controversies about heart failure treatment

Citations

  1. Bardy GH, et al. (2005). Amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for congestive heart failure. New England Journal of Medicine, 352(3): 225–237.

  2. ESCAPE Investigators and ESCAPE Study Coordinators (2005). Evaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectiveness: The ESCAPE trial. JAMA, 294(13): 1625–1633.


Author: Robin Parks, MSLast Updated: September 1, 2006
Medical Review: Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology

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