Characteristics, use of guideline-recommended medical therapies and clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure not enrolled in a quality registry: a comparison with the Swedish Heart Failure Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quality registries may involve specific inclusion criteria, detailed investigations, or selected hospitals and practitioners, which are not random. Whether the care and outcomes in quality registries are generalizable to the broader population is not well known. We here examine care indicators and outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients enrolled vs. non-enrolled in Swedish Heart Failure (SwedeHF) quality registry.

Methods and results

Observational study of 90-day survivors after a HF in Stockholm (2012-2021). We linked health records from the Stockholm Creatinine Measurements project with SwedeHF. Participants enrolled in SwedeHF were compared to those non-enrolled, focusing on settings of care, use of guideline-recommended therapies, treatment adherence, dose t

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Ortiz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12587275 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature