Overdiagnosis of heart failure in primary care: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Access to echocardiography in primary care is limited, but is necessary to accurately diagnose heart failure (HF). AIM: To determine the proportion of patients with a GP’s diagnosis of HF who really have HF. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional study of patients in 30 general practices...

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I publikationen:Br J Gen Pract
Huvudupphovsmän: Valk, Mark J, Mosterd, Arend, Broekhuizen, Berna DL, Zuithoff, Nicolaas PA, Landman, Marcel AJ, Hoes, Arno W, Rutten, Frans H
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Royal College of General Practitioners 2016
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979939/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27266859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X685705
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