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From Barbara: “I'm cheating here by just re-sharing an image, but so much time and energy on journalist Fiona Cassie's part went into tracking down elements of this graph which were then linked together by graphic designer Helen Hayhurst, it needs a second showing. Not surprisingly, it was almost out of date by the time we published but we had to give it a go"
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
