Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8662339 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Pooled data of 196,105 patients with HF confirmed a phenotype of older women with hypertension rather than ischaemic heart disease as the predominant HF population in general practice. The lack of a gold standard definition of HF introduced a large heterogeneity in identification methods with remarkably limited impact on patient characteristics. However, RCTs did include patients with a different phenotype, emphasizing the need to promote inclusion of real-world HF patients.
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Authors
Miek Smeets, Séverine Henrard, Bert Aertgeerts, Filip Cools, Stefan Janssens, Bert Vaes,