Cardiologists' awareness and perceptions of guidelines for chronic heart failure. The ADDress your Heart survey

L Erhardt, M Komajda, Frederick Hobbs, J Soler-Soler

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    Abstract

    Background: Several surveys show that patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are sub-optimally managed and treatment guidelines are not implemented in clinical practice. Aims: To investigate awareness and perceptions of the 2005 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for CHF. Methods: 467 cardiologists from seven European countries completed an on-line interview using a validated, semi-structured questionnaire including questions about awareness and relevance of CHF guidelines. To assess agreement with ESC guidelines, three fictitious patient cases were presented and respondents' management choices compared with those of an expert panel based on the guidelines. Results: Awareness of CHF guidelines was high, with 98% aware of any guideline and 65% aware of ESC guidelines. ESC guidelines were considered relevant (51%) or very relevant (38%) for guiding treatment decisions. Up to 92% of respondents perceived that they adhered to the ESC guidelines. For the patient cases,
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1020-1025
    Number of pages6
    JournalEuropean Journal of Heart Failure
    Volume10
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2008

    Keywords

    • Survey
    • Pharmacotherapy
    • Treatment guidelines
    • Perception
    • Clinical practice
    • Awareness
    • Chronic heart failure

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