Key result
Heart failure remains an imprecise clinical diagnosis lacking a universal definition or single diagnostic test.
Why the study?
Heart failure, acute or chronic, is an imprecise clinical diagnosis lacking a universally agreed definition or test.
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Heart failure diagnosis remains imprecise without agreed standards; leaves open the need for validated criteria in practice and trials.
Heart failure is one of the most common medical discharge diagnoses in the UK and other countries at a similar stage of social development.[1][1] However, heart failure, acute or chronic, is an imprecise clinical diagnosis for which there is no universally agreed definition or test.[2][2] In order
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Bhatia et al. (2010) studied this question. Heart failure remains a common but imprecise clinical diagnosis that currently lacks a universally agreed definition or diagnostic test.
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