Successes and failures of current treatment of heart failure Dr John GF Cleland, MD, Karl Swedberg, MD, Philip A Poole-Wilson, MD The Lancet Volume 352, Pages SI19-SI28 (August 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)90015-0 Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Rule of halves: patients in heart-failure therapy CHF=chronic heart failure; LVD=left ventricular dysfunction. The Lancet 1998 352, SI19-SI28DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(98)90015-0) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Rule of halves: left ventricular systolic dysfunction The Lancet 1998 352, SI19-SI28DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(98)90015-0) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Landmark clinical trials of the effects of β-blockers on mortality after myocardial infarction Timolol=Norwegian timolol trial, ref 71; BHAT=β-blocker Heart Attack Study, ref 68; Göteborg=The Göteborg Metoprolol Study, ref 70. The Lancet 1998 352, SI19-SI28DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(98)90015-0) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions