Clinical trials update: Highlights of the Scientific Sessions of Heart Failure 2001, a meeting of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. CONTAK-CD, CHRISTMAS, OPTIME-CHF
S. Thackray et al., Clinical trials update: Highlights of the Scientific Sessions of Heart Failure 2001, a meeting of the Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. CONTAK-CD, CHRISTMAS, OPTIME-CHF, EUR J HE FA, 3(4), 2001, pp. 491-494
This article continues a series of reports summarising recent research deve
lopments pertinent to the topic of heart failure. This is a summary of pres
entations made at Scientific Sessions of Heart Failure 2001, a meeting of t
he Working Group on Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Cl
inical studies of particular interest to people caring for patients with he
art failure include CONTAK-CD, CHRISTMAS and further updates on OPTIME-CHF.
A brief review of the current status of cardiac resynchronisation therapy
is included. (C) 2001 European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.