In heart failure patients, pharmacotherapy is to:
A. Increase cardiac output by increasing heart rate
B. Increase cardiac preload
C. Improve cardiac performance by reducing cardiac preload
D. Enhance cardiac remodeling Reduce cardiac output
Ans: C. Improve cardiac performance by reducing cardiac preload
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