@article{f5405c71ff8a4ad48d930ff9da59e3b0,
title = "Development and initial validation of a simple clinical decision tool to predict the presence of heart failure in primary care: the MICE (Male, Infarction, Crepitations, Edema) rule",
abstract = "Diagnosis of heart failure in primary care is often inaccurate, and access to and use of echocardiography is suboptimal. This study aimed to develop and provisionally validate a clinical prediction rule to optimize referral for echocardiography of people identified in primary care with suspected heart failure.",
author = "Roalfe, {Andrea K} and Jonathan Mant and Doust, {Jenny A} and Pelham Barton and Cowie, {Martin R} and Paul Glasziou and David Mant and McManus, {Richard J} and Roger Holder and Deeks, {Jonathan J} and Doughty, {Robert N} and Hoes, {Arno W} and Kate Fletcher and Frederick Hobbs",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1093/eurjhf/hfs089",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "1000--8",
journal = "European Journal of Heart Failure",
issn = "1388-9842",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "9",
}