Adequacy of diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure in primary health care in Sweden

Aims We performed an observational multicentre study to obtain information of the diagnostic tools and treatments currently used in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in primary health care (PHC) in Sweden. Data were collected from 2093 patients in 158 randomly selected PHC centres. Methods a...

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Published in:	European journal of heart failure Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 92 - 98
Main Authors:	Dahlstrom, Ulf, Hakansson, Jan, Swedberg, Karl, Waldenstrom, Anders
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2009 Oxford University Press
Subjects:	80 and over Aged Aged, 80 and over Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease Chronic Disease Comorbidity Diagnosis Female Heart failure Heart Failure - diagnosis Heart Failure - drug therapy Heart Failure - epidemiology Heart Failure - etiology Heart Failure/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology/etiology Humans Kardiologi och kardiovaskulära sjukdomar Male MEDICIN MEDICINE Middle Aged Physician's Practice Patterns/statistics & numerical data Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Primary Health Care Renin-Angiotensin System - drug effects Retrospective Studies Sweden Treatment Sweden Heart failure Treatment Diagnosis Primary health care
ISSN:	1388-9842, 1879-0844, 1879-0844
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