A Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic Provides a Prompt Diagnosis and Appropriate Management of New Heart Failure Presenting in the Community
Why the study?
Does a Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic provide prompt diagnosis and appropriate management of new heart failure presenting in the community?
Population
383 patients with suspected new onset heart failure referred by their Primary Care Physician in SE London, UK.
Design
Cohort
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Discussion
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Implication
May support rapid-access HF clinics for timely diagnosis and ACEI initiation; leaves open whether this improves outcomes versus usual care.
Structured PICO
Does a Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic provide prompt diagnosis and appropriate management of new heart failure presenting in the community?
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Population
383 patients with suspected new onset heart failure referred by their Primary Care Physician in SE London, UK.
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Intervention
Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic (RAHFC) providing clinical assessment (history, examination, chest X-ray, ECG, echocardiogram) on the same or next working day.
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Outcome
Diagnosis of clinical heart failure and initiation of appropriate treatment (ACEI).
A Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic facilitates prompt diagnosis and high rates of appropriate ACE inhibitor initiation for patients with suspected new-onset heart failure.
Cite This Study
Fox et al. (2000) studied this question.