French annual national observational study of 2015 outpatient and inpatient healthcare utilization by approximately half a million patients with previous heart failure diagnosis.
CONCLUSIONS: General practitioners and nurses are the main actors in the regular follow-up of patients with heart failure, whereas cardiologist consultations and dispensing of first-line treatments are insufficient with respect to guidelines.
PMID: 32863158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - Category: Cardiology Authors: Feldman SF, Lesuffleur T, Olié V, Gastaldi-Ménager C, Juillière Y, Tuppin P Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research
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