Congestive Heart Failure

Multicenter trial compares three medications in patients with heart failure

Published in Health and Medicine Week, March 29th, 2004

Results of an international study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) suggest that there is no major difference between three medications often prescribed for patients with chronic heart failure to prevent death, heart attack and stroke. However, the results leave important questions unresolved, according to the lead investigator.

The three medications are known as antithrombotic agents. Barry Massie, MD, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) professor of medicine and chief of cardiology at the SFVAMC, headed the study.

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2004-03-29)

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