Patient profile and outcomes associated with follow-up in specialty vs. primary care in heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Factors influencing follow-up referral decisions and their prognostic implications are poorly investigated in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced (HFrEF), mildly reduced (HFmrEF), and preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction (EF). We assessed (i) the proportion of, (ii) independent predictors of, and (iii) outcomes associated with follow-up in specialty vs. primary care across the EF spectrum.

Methods and results

We analysed 75 518 patients from the large and nationwide Swedish HF registry between 2000-2018. Multivariable logistic regression models were fitted to identify the independent predictors of planned follow-up in specialty vs. primary care, and multivariable Cox models to assess the association between follow-up type and outcomes. In this nationwide regist

SUBMITTER: Lindberg F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8934918 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature