Trends in the Use of Cardiac Imaging for Patients With Heart Failure in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiac imaging is a component of the provision of medical care for patients with heart failure that has experienced a broad expansion in past decades. However, there is a paucity of studies examining the patterns of use of cardiac imaging modalities in real-world clinical practice.

Objectives

To investigate temporal trends in the use and costs of cardiac imaging for the examination of patients with heart failure in Canada and to examine the association between the institution of an accreditation program and the use of echocardiography.

Design, setting, and participants

A repeated cross-sectional study based on population-based administrative databases in Ontario, Canada, of individuals with heart failure identified using a validated algorithm based on hosp

SUBMITTER: Braga JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature