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Awareness and perception of heart failure among European cardiologists, internists, geriatricians, and primary care physicians by Willem J. Remme, John.

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1 Awareness and perception of heart failure among European cardiologists, internists, geriatricians, and primary care physicians by Willem J. Remme, John J.V. McMurray, F.D. Richard Hobbs, Alain Cohen-Solal, José Lopez-Sendon, Alessandro Boccanelli, Faiez Zannad, Bernhard Rauch, Karen Keukelaar, Cezar Macarie, Witold Ruzyllo, and Charles Cline EHJ Volume (): May 27, 2008 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

2 Percentages of cardiologists (grey bars), internists/geriatricians (black bars) and PCP (striped bars) who would prescribe target dosages of ACE-inhibitors, recommended in the ESC guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Willem J. Remme et al. Eur Heart J 2008;eurheartj.ehn196 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

3 European primary care physicians perception of the risks of ACE-inhibitor treatment (A) and β- blocking therapy (B) in heart failure (striped bar: high risk; closed bar: low risk; open bar: no risk). Willem J. Remme et al. Eur Heart J 2008;eurheartj.ehn196 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

4 What cardiologists (grey bars) and internists/geriatricians (black bars) would do in a patient with worsening HF symptoms in sinus rhythm and on optimal ACE-inhibitors, β-blockade (BB) and diuretics. Willem J. Remme et al. Eur Heart J 2008;eurheartj.ehn196 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org


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