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Table 1 Processes of care monitored in the Danish heart failure registry

From: Trends in quality of care among patients with incident heart failure in Denmark 2003–2010: a nationwide cohort study

Processes of care

 

Echocardiography

Proportion of patients who undergo echocardiography

NYHA classification

Proportion of patients who undergo NYHA classification

Medication (ACE/ATII inhibitors)

Proportion of patients with reduced systolic function (LVEF below 40%) who is treated with ACE/ATII inhibitors

Medication (Betablockers)

Proportion of patients with reduced systolic function (LVEF below 40%) who is treated with betablockers

Physical training

Proportion of patients with reduced systolic function (LVEF below 40%) referred to individual physical training

Patient education

Proportion of patients with reduced systolic function (LVEF below 40%) who started a structured patient education (inclusive nutrition, physical training, understanding medical treatment, risk factors and symptoms of the disease)

1-year mortality

Proportion of patients who die within one year of admission to a hospital or first outpatient contact

  1. NYHA New York Heart Association, ACEI/ATII Angiotensin Converting Enzyme/Angiotensin II Antagonist inhibitors, LVEF Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.