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Systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of diagnosis of heart failure, with modelling of implications of different diagnostic strategies in primary care |
Mant J, Doust J, Roalfe A, Barton P, Cowie MR, Glasziou P, Mant D, McManus RJ, Holder R, Deeks J, Fletcher K, Qume M, Sohanpal S, Sanders S, Hobbs FDR |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Mant J, Doust J, Roalfe A, Barton P, Cowie MR, Glasziou P, Mant D, McManus RJ, Holder R, Deeks J, Fletcher K, Qume M, Sohanpal S, Sanders S, Hobbs FDR. Systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of diagnosis of heart failure, with modelling of implications of different diagnostic strategies in primary care. Southampton: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme. 2009 Authors' conclusions Study found that natriuretic peptide testing should be recommended over electrocardiography for the diagnosis of heart failure in primary care and that some patients should be referred straight for echocardiography without undergoing any preliminary investigation INAHTA brief and checklist Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by NLM MeSH Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Heart Failure /diagnosis /metabolism; Heart Function Tests /methodss; Male; Middle Aged; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain /analysis; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Primary Health Care /methods; State Medicine Language Published English Country of organisation England Address for correspondence NETSCC, Health Technology Assessment, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS UK Tel: +44 23 8059 5586 Email: hta@hta.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32006000430 Date bibliographic record published 10/05/2006 Date abstract record published 10/05/2006 |
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