Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Congestive heart failure

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Differential diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Therapy

Give an ACE inhibitor ^a

Why?

It improves symptoms, without clearly preventing the need for ventilation. ^a

Expiry date: June 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author	CM Ball
Reviewer	B Lee
CAT Writers	CM Ball , CJ Wotton , A Yates