Do patients with suspected heart failure and preserved left ventricular systolic function suffer from “diastolic heart failure” or from misdiagnosis? A prospective descriptive study
This article puts some validity to the saying "Treat the patient, not
the test". I wonder if the authors found any relationship of symptoms to
medications the people were on (i.e. ankle swelling with Ca channel
blockers, cough/SOB with beta blockers or ACE inhibitors, etc.). Those
would be other alternative explanations for symptoms.
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Treat the patient
This article puts some validity to the saying "Treat the patient, not
the test". I wonder if the authors found any relationship of symptoms to
medications the people were on (i.e. ankle swelling with Ca channel
blockers, cough/SOB with beta blockers or ACE inhibitors, etc.). Those
would be other alternative explanations for symptoms.
Yogi
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