Clinical research study implementation of case-finding strategies for heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the elderly with reduced exercise tolerance or dyspnoea: A cluster randomized trial

ConclusionA case-finding strategy applied in primary care to multimorbid older people with dyspnoea or reduced exercise tolerance resulted in a number of new diagnoses of HF and COPD, but did not result in short-term improvement of health status compared to usual care.Trial registration.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01148719
Source: American Heart Journal - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research