PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sylvester, Bruce
ED  - Rocca, Hans-Peter Brunner-La
TI  - Intensified Medical Therapy Does Not Appear to Benefit Elderly Heart Failure Patients
DP  - 2008 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 13--14
VI  - 8
IP  - 6
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/6/13.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/6/13.full
AB  - Intensified NT-BNP (N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide)-guided therapy is not more effective than standard, symptom-guided therapy in reducing death and all-cause hospitalization among elderly congestive heart failure patients, according to results from the Trial of Intensified [BNP-guided] versus standard [symptom-guided] Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure [TIME-CHF; ISRCTN43596477].