Volume 2, Number 4, August-September 2005

Heart failure: out of the shadows - how big is the problem?
Jan Procter-King

Heart failure has gradually emerged from the ‘shadows’ of cardiovascular medicine, to a condition that is now actively investigated, treated and monitored. Appropriate diagnosis and management of heart failure is rewarded in the GMS QOF points. In this article, we will briefly review the impact and causes of heart failure, and then explore how many patients with heart failure you can expect to have on your register and how many new cases you should be aiming to find each year.

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