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Age and gender differences in diagnostic decision-making of early heart failure: results of a mixed-methods interview-study using video vignettes

OBJECTIVES: Men and women at any age show similar symptoms and signs of heart failure (HF). Since early HF symptoms are ambiguous, doctors may overlook HF as possible cause and misinterpret the signs. The aim was to analyse differences in general practitioners’ (GPs) HF diagnosis and diagnostic cert...

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Autores principales: Marx, Gabriella, Koens, Sarah, von dem Knesebeck, Olaf, Scherer, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8915297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35273048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054025