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The drug treatment of congestive cardiac failure is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2.1. Most patients are effectively managed with diuretics and digitalis, and vasodilator agents have become an accepted second-line approach for patients who do not respond to standard therapy.
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Folb, P.I. (1984). Drug Safety in Some Common Medical Conditions. In: Drug Safety in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1351-5_2
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