The Canadian Heart Failure (CAN-HF) Registry: A Canadian Multicentre, Retrospective Study of Outpatients with Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) reduces events in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Despite this impact, underutilization of GDMT persists. This report sought to describe HF management in Canadian outpatients treated at specialized HF clinics (HFCs).

Methods

The Canadian Heart Failure (CAN-HF) study was retrospective and observational, and it included 1775 patients from 6 Canadian outpatient HFCs, from the period January 2017-April 2020.

Results

We observed improvement in prescription rates in patients with HFrEF, between their first visit and their most-recent clinic visit, across all GDMT classes, in those who were followed at the HFC for ≥ 6 months. The largest prescription rate increases were observed for

SUBMITTER: Saveski D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763239 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature