[Clinical characteristics and pharmacological treatment of patients with heart failure in a primary health care cohort].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise patients with heart failure (HF) in Primary Health Care (PHC) and describe their socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and pharmacological treatment.

Design

Descriptive cohort study. SITE: Information System for the Development of Research in Primary Care (SIDIAP), which captures information from the electronic health records of PHC of the Catalan Institute of Health (approximately 80% of the Catalan population).

Participants

Adults with an active diagnosis of HF between 2018 and 2022.

Main measurements

Sociodemographic and anthropometric variables, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), New York Heart Association (NYHA), laboratory data, comorbidities, exposure to drugs for HF and other pathologies.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Giner-Sorian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787459 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature