Primary Care Pharmacy June 2000 Vol 1 No 3 p88

Journal Club

Heart failure

Lonn E, McKelvie R. Drug treatment in heart failure. BMJ 2000;320:1188-92

A review of pharmacological treatment of chronic heart failure, including drugs recommended in selected patient groups

McMurray J J, Stewart S. Epidemiology, aetiology, and prognosis of heart failure. Heart 2000;83:596-602.

What's in the medical press? - The rapidly changing situation in primary care means that it is often difficult to keep up to date with what is happening politically and clinically. This section of Primary Care Pharmacy will try to pick out a few articles that may be useful in day-to-day practice or have importance for the primary care role.