Heart failure epidemiology and treatment in primary care: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Yael Rachamin Rahel Meier Thomas Johannes Rosemann Andreas J Flammer Corinne Chmiel

Published in: ESC heart failure (2020)

Prevalence of heart failure among patients treated by general practitioners was low. Considering the disease burden and association with multimorbidity, awareness of heart failure in primary care should be increased, with the aim to optimize heart failure therapy.

Keyphrases

heart failure
primary care
left ventricular
acute heart failure
risk factors
cardiac resynchronization therapy
atrial fibrillation
general practice
bone marrow