Nikolas
Created page with "== Introduction == Heart failure is the condition where the heart is unable to supply the body with enough cardiac output. The goal of drug therapy in heart failure is to improve the cardiac function and reduce the symptoms associated with heart failure, like oedema, tachycardia, dyspnoea and fatigue. This can be accomplished pharmacologically in several ways: * Decreasing preload * Decreasing afterload * Increasing inotropy (myocardial contractility) * Inhibiting exces..."