Browsing Cardiovascular Diseases by Subject "Heart Failure"
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Clinician barriers and facilitators to heart failure advance care plans: a systematic literature review and qualitative evidence synthesis
(2019-07)Background:Clinicians hesitate to engage with advance care planning (ACP) in heart failure. We aimed to identify the disease-specific barriers and facilitators for clinicians to engage with ACP. Methods: We searched ... -
Clinician-targeted interventions to improve advance care planning in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2019-05)Objective Advance care planning (ACP) is widely advocated to contribute to better outcomes for patients suffering from heart failure. But clinicians appear hesitant to engage with ACP. Our aim was to identify interventions ... -
Diagnostic accuracy and clinical impact of natriuretic peptide screening for the detection of heart failure in the community: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: awaiting peer review]
(2019-12)Introduction: Patients diagnosed with heart failure in primary care have a better prognosis than those diagnosed in hospital. However, most cases are missed in the community. Recent attention has focussed on the potential ...