Value of the electrocardiogram in identifying heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction
| Autor: | A. P. Davie, G. R. Sutherland, Jjv McMurray, T R D Shaw, Ian R. Starkey, C M Francis, Michael P Love, L Caruana |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiac output Heart disease medicine.diagnostic_test biology Electrodiagnosis business.industry Symptomatic Deterioration General Engineering Angiotensin-converting enzyme General Medicine medicine.disease Internal medicine Heart failure Cardiology medicine biology.protein General Earth and Planetary Sciences business Intensive care medicine Suspected heart failure Electrocardiography General Environmental Science Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| Popis: | Chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction has a high morbidity and mortality. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors reduce symptomatic deterioration, hospitalisation, and death. Most patients with suspected heart failure present first to general practitioners. Recent studies have emphasised the difficulty of diagnosing heart failure in the community. Fewer than half of patients treated for heart failure by general practitioners have objective evidence of cardiac disease.1 2 To improve diagnosis and treatment Dargie and McMurray suggested that echocardiography should be performed in all patients suspected of having chronic heart failure.3 Screening patients before referral for diagnostic investigation may lessen the considerable resource implications of this approach. We assessed the value of the electrocardiogram in identifying patients with possible chronic heart failure. An open access echocardiography … |
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