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CIBIS III: what is the optimum order for initiating chronic heart failure medical therapy?

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boxed-textWillenheimer R et al. (2005) Effect on survival and hospitalization of initiating treatment for chronic heart failure with bisoprolol followed by enalapril, as compared with the opposite sequence: results of the randomized Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study (CIBIS) III. Circulation 112: 2426–2435

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