Patients with heart failure not optimally managed: study
More patients need to be on disease-modifying drugs, cardiologist says
12th August 2019
By Kemal Atlay
Thousands of elderly patients with heart failure are missing out on life-saving medication because the condition is not being documented in their medical records, a large Australian study has found.
In an observational study of de-identified health data from 1.93 million patients (median age 72) in general practice between July 2013 and June 2018, researchers sought to determine the 'real-world' state of heart failure in primary care and whether it was being adequately managed.
They identified more than 21,800 patients