Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for Heart Failure in Physicians and Their Patients: Lessons From the Heart Failure Adherence Retention Trial (HART)

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The Heart Failure Adherence and Retention Trial (HART) provided an opportunity to determine adherence to evidence-based guidelines (EBG) in patients with heart failure (HF). Ten hospitals were the source of 692 patients with HF (EF<40%). Physicians of patients with HF were classified as adherent to EBG if the patient chart audit showed they were on a beta-blocker, ACE-inhibitor (ACE-I), or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB). Patients were classified as adherent to EBG if MEMS pill caps were used appropriately more than 80% of the time. Sixty-three percent of physicians prescribed evidence-based medications that were adherent to clinical practice guidelines. New York Heart Association (NYHA) III patients were less likely to be adherent (P<0.001), as were those with renal disease (P<0.001) and asthmatics (P<0.001). Nonadherent physicians were less likely to treat patients with beta-blockers (39% vs 98%, P<0.001) and ACE-I or ARBs (71% vs 98%P<0.001). Thirty-seven percent of patients prescribed evidence-based therapy failed to use the MEMS pill cap bottles appropriately and were more likely a minority or higher NYHA class. Adherence to evidence-based therapy is less than optimal in HF patients based on a combination of both physician and patient nonadherence. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Calvin, J. E., Shanbhag, S., Avery, E., Kane, J., Richardson, D., & Powell, L. (2012). Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines for Heart Failure in Physicians and Their Patients: Lessons From the Heart Failure Adherence Retention Trial (HART). Congestive Heart Failure, 18(2), 73–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7133.2011.00263.x

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