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Table 1 Some characteristics of the case vignettes.

From: Heart failure diagnosis in primary health care: clinical characteristics of problematic patients. A clinical judgement analysis study

 

Heart failure n = 26

Non-heart failure n = 14

Age, mean and range

77 (56–92)

76 (56–84)

Sex, number of men

11

7

Number of patients with a history of myocardial infarction

10

2

Number of patients with dyspnoea

23

9

Number of patients with atrial fibrillation *)

14

3

Number of patients with leg oedema

9

4

Number of patients with rales

8

4

Number of patients with a systolic blood pressure ≤ 140 mmHg *)

17

4

Number of patients with signs of pulmonary stasis

11

5

Number of patients with cardiac enlargement **)

25

8

Number of patients with cardiac volume >700 ml/m2 **)

15

2

Relative cardiac volume (ml/m2), mean and range ***)

722 (470–940)

529 (350–880)

Echocardiogram: ejection fraction (%), mean and range (not presented as a cue) ***)

37 (20–55)

55 (50–65)

  1. *) p < 0.05 **) p < 0.01 ***) p < 0.001