A higher mortality in men compared to women with heart failure in primary care and ejection fraction equal to or more than 40%

• Main Authors: Björn Eriksson (Author), Per Wändell (Author), Ulf Dahlström (Author), Per Näsman (Author), Lars H. Lund (Author), Magnus Edner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to describe gender-related differences in characteristics and mortality in heart failure (HF) patients managed in primary care (PC). We included 1802 hF patients aged 77.5 ± 8.8 years (47% women) with ejection fraction (EF) ≥ 40% from the Swedish Heart Failure (SwedeHF) reg...