作者
MR Cowie, DA Wood, AJS Coats, SG Thompson, V Suresh, PA Poole-Wilson, GC Sutton
发表日期
2000/5/1
期刊
Heart
卷号
83
期号
5
页码范围
505-510
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
简介
OBJECTIVE
To describe the survival of a population based cohort of patients with incident (new) heart failure and the clinical features associated with mortality.
DESIGN
A population based observational study.
SETTING
Population of 151 000 served by 82 general practitioners in west London.
PATIENTS
New cases of heart failure were identified by daily surveillance of acute hospital admissions to the local district general hospital, and by general practitioner referral of all suspected new cases of heart failure to a rapid access clinic.
INTERVENTIONS
All patients with suspected heart failure underwent clinical assessment, and chest radiography, ECG, and echocardiogram were performed. A panel of three cardiologists reviewed all the data and determined whether the definition of heart failure had been met. Patients were subsequently managed by the general practitioner in consultation with the local cardiologist or …
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