The evaluation of guidelines on referral of patients with suspected heart failure for echocardiography.

Completed

• Conditions: Heart disease; Circulatory System; Heart failure

• Registration Number: ISRCTN46767423
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

General practices within Leicestershire with computerised prescribing registers will be admitted to the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Does not match inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Effectiveness of guidelines measured as changes in number of cases of suspected heart failure receiving appropriate diagnostic tests, costs of investigations and drugs, prescribing patterns and patient bourne costs.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration