Selected Reading
- CIBIS-II Investigators and Committees. The Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study II (CIBIS-II): A randomized trial. Lancet 353:9, 1999
- Digitalis Investigation Group: The effect of digoxin on mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure. N Engl J Med 336:525, 1997
- Gottlieb SS, McCarter RJ, Vogel RA: Effect of beta-blockade on mortality among high-risk and low-risk patients after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 339:489, 1998
- Gottlieb SS et al: Effects of exercise training on peak performance and quality of life in congestive heart failure patients. J Card FMI (In press)
- Heidenreich PA, Lee TT, Massie BM: Effect of beta-blockade on mortality in patients with heart failure: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. J Am Coll Cardiol 30:27, 1997
- Konstam MA et al: Heart Failure: Evaluation and care of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Clinical Practice Guidelines: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Md, 1994
- MERIT-HF Study Group: Effect of metoprolol CR/XL in chronic heart failure: Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF) Lancet 353:2001, 1999
- Packer M et al: The effect of Carvedilol on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. U.S. Carvedilol Heart Failure Study Group. N Engl J Med 334: 1349, 1996
- Pitt B et al: Randomized Aldactone Longevity Evaluation Study (RALES). N Engl J Med (In press)