| Autor: |
Andrew P. Sindone, Deepak Haikerwal, Ralph G. Audehm, Alexander Munro Neville, Kevin Lim, Richard Whaddon Parsons, Peter Piazza, Danny Liew |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
ESC Heart Failure, Vol 8, Iss 6, Pp 4497-4505 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2055-5822 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/ehf2.13661 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Aims Heart failure (HF) causes significant morbidity and mortality, but the rates and characteristics of people with HF in Australia are not well studied. SHAPE set out to describe the characteristics of HF patients seen in the real‐world setting. Methods We analysed anonymized patient data extracted from the clinical software of 43 participating GP clinics for the 5 year period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2018. Patients were stratified into ‘definite’ and ‘probable’ HF based on a hierarchy of selection criteria and analysed for their clinical characteristics. Symptoms and signs of HF and ejection fraction data were searched for within the free text of the medical notes. Results Of the 1.12 million adults seen regularly, 20 219 were classified as having definite or probable HF. The mean age of the population was 69.8 years, 50.6% were female, and mean body mass index was 31.2 kg/m2. Fewer than 1 in 6 had the HF diagnosis optimally recorded. Only 3.2% (650 patients) had their left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) quantified: 40.9% had an EF ≥50% and 59.1% had an EF |
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