What services are currently provided to people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the UK, and what are their components? A protocol for a scoping literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing in incidence and is increasingly the most common HF diagnosis. Patients with HFpEF are often excluded from specialist HF services, which has negative impacts on their healthcare experiences and health-related outcomes. As emerging evidence-based treatments are being incorporated into clinical guidelines, it is timely to focus on the management of this phenotype. This review aims to explore literature around care provision for HFpEF in the UK, to characterize and assess HFpEF care pathways against current standards, and to generate evidence to create an optimized framework of care.

Methods and results

A scoping review of the evidence from six databases will be performed, alongside a search of grey

SUBMITTER: Forsyth F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11781374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature