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Get-With-the-Guidelines shows quality gaps countrywide in treating heart failure

Posted Dec 01, 2009 at 01:55 PM, EDT by Ileana Piña

Recently published in JAMA, a Get-With-the-Guidelines study shows quality gaps as only 34% of appropriate patients with heart failure were prescribed an aldosterone inhibitor at discharge.

See:
Albert NM, Yancy CW, Liang L, et al. Use of aldosterone antagonists in heart failure. JAMA; 2009 Oct 21;302(15):1658-65. Abstract available here.

 

 

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