Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care (OPTIMISE-HFpEF): rationale and protocol for a multi-method study.

Faye ForsythJonathan MantClare J TaylorFd Richard HobbsCarolyn A Chew-GrahamThomas BlakemanEmma SowdenAaron LongMuhammad Zakir HossainDuncan EdwardsChristi Deaton

Published in: BJGP open (2019)

HFpEF is often described as the greatest unmet need in cardiology. The OPTIMISE-HFpEF programme aims to address this need in primary care, which is arguably the most appropriate setting for managing HFpEF.

Keyphrases

primary care
randomized controlled trial

general practice

study protocol

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