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BACKGROUND:Polish heart failure surveys from 1999 and 2005 indicated that non-invasive and invasive diagnostic procedures in heart failure patients are underused, mostly due to limited availability. AIM:To assess the access to procedures used for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in randomly selected outpatient clinics and hospital wards in Poland. METHODS:The study was undertaken in 2005, as a part of the National Project of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases - POLKARD. The data on non-interventional and interventional procedures were collected from 400 primary care units, 396 secondary outpatient clinics and 259 hospitals, and included cardiology or internal medicine departments. Additionally, the last five patients with diagnosed heart failures were identified, who visited outpatient clinics or were discharged from the hospitals, and their medical records of diagnostic procedures were analysed. RESULTS:Echocardiography was not available in approximately 10% of hospital wards and 13-37% of outpatient clinics, both primary and secondary. Generally, the waiting time for echocardiography in Poland varied from region to region. A one-month waiting time was declared by more than 50% of secondary outpatient clinics and only 11-18% of primary care units, regardless of the community size. On the first day of hospital admission, echocardiography was performed in approximately 10% of patients of internal medicine wards and up to 36% of patients in cardiology departments. The assessment of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was generally performed only in a few hospitals, usually in cardiology departments. In primary care units, it was practically not available. Percutaneous coronary interventions, pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator implantations were available in approximately 20% of city hospitals, 30-40% of province hospitals, and 60-70% of clinical wards of medical universities. CONCLUSIONS:These data show limited availability of echocardiography in primary care units. It is necessary to continue actions for better accessibility and frequency of performing interventional procedures in patients with heart failure in Poland.
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Kardiol Poljournal_title
Kardiologia polskaauthors
Wizner B,Dubiel JS,Opolski G,Fedyk-Łukasik M,Zdrojewski T,Marchel M,Stompór M,Turek P,Czech M,Wyrzykowski B,Mogilnaya I,Jendrzejewski J,Grodzicki Tsubject
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