Key result
This article provides a framework for the initial diagnosis and management of heart failure in primary care to improve patient quality of life and life expectancy.
Why the study?
Heart failure is challenging to diagnose in primary care despite rising prevalence, yet early diagnosis and prompt treatment substantially improve patient quality of life and life expectancy.
This article provides a framework for the initial diagnosis and management of heart failure in primary care to improve patient outcomes.
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May guide primary care heart failure pathways; hypothesis-generating without prospective outcome validation.
Thomson et al. (2022) conducted a review in Heart failure. This article provides a framework for the initial diagnosis and management of heart failure in primary care to improve patient quality of life and life expectancy.
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