%0 Journal Article
%T Manejo ambulatorio de la insuficiencia card¨ªaca cr¨®nica en la Argentina: Estudio OFFICE IC
%A Thierer
%A Jorge
%A Belziti
%A C¨¦sar
%A Francesia
%A Alejandra
%A Vulcano
%A Norberto
%A Bettati
%A Mar¨ªa I.
%A Rizzo
%A Marcelo
%A Blanco
%A Patricia
%A Cragnolino
%A Rom¨¢n
%A Mezzalira
%A V¨ªctor
%A Picarel
%A An¨ªbal
%A Barrios
%A Alceo
%A Marconcini
%A Guillermo
%J Revista argentina de cardiolog£¿-a
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X work aim to identify the baseline characteristics and common diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of chronic heart failure treatment in argentina. research design and methods survey of 241 argentine physicians (91.7% cardiologists) who provided data about chronic heart failure outpatients' clinical profile, studies and treatment. results data from 2201 patients (64.6% men, mean age 67.6¡À12 years) were obtained between june 2003 and march 2004. fifty-eight percent had been admitted due to heart failure in the two previous years, and 73.5% showed a functional class i-ii. ischemia (40.5%) and hypertension (23.7%) were the predominant etiologies. ventricular function was identified in 88.5% of the patients (moderate to severe dysfunction in more than 70%). digitalis was prescribed in 33% of the patients, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors- angiotensin ii antagonists in 92.2%, beta-blockers in 70% and spironolactone in 61.7%. etiology, ventricular function, medical insurance status and concomitant treatment were all predictors of neurohormonal antagonists prescription. conclusions the patients in this study are similar to those of other population studies, with a prevalence of men and hypertensive ischemic etiology. most of the patients showed systolic dysfunction. a high proportion of patients underwent treatment according to present day standards.
%K chronic heart failure
%K ambulatory
%K treatment
%K neurohormonal antagonists.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1850-37482006000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en