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1 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: /S (98) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Rule of halves: patients in heart-failure therapy
CHF=chronic heart failure; LVD=left ventricular dysfunction. The Lancet  , SI19-SI28DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Rule of halves: left ventricular systolic dysfunction
The Lancet  , SI19-SI28DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

4 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  , SI19-SI28DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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