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…nchronous activation can lead to pacing-induced cardiomyopathy, HFrEF, incident atrial fibrillation and an associated increase in mor…

…Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with heart failure (HF). Current guidelines define ID based on serum ferritin and …

…tive compared with a stepwise approach for treating people with HFrEF, suggesting that wider adoption of early initiation of quadrupl…

…Background Heart failure-related mortality in older patients has increased. Guideline-directed m…

…sence of isolated NSSTTAs indicated a more than doubled risk of HFrEF and a 66% increased risk of HFpEF.1…

…dult patients diagnosed with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in SWSLHD were invited to participate in the HF outreach servi…

…IV, and stable for ≥6 months prior to enrolment, without recent heart failure admissions or GDMT changes. All participants are required to ha…

…ion (HFrEF and HFmrEF).Method Patients with stable, symptomatic heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50% were enroll…

…F >55%) in 61 (19%).Of the 314 patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure, 76 patients (24.2%) had a cardiac MRI scan (41 as IP (53.9%) a…

…le at or before the index ECG were used. HFmrEF was pooled with HFrEF (left ventricular ejection fraction <50%) for model development…

…farction6 (17.6%)Valvular heart disease9 (26.5%)Moderate–severe chronic kidney disease17 (50.0%)Charlson comorbidity index7.8 ± 2.7Abbreviations: AF = a…

… with NT-proBNP >2000 ng/L and HFpEF attending the Rapid Access Heart Failure clinic (HF Hub)Methods A retrospective audit was conducted usin…