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Table 10 Top 10 diagnosis terms recorded in the definite HF population

From: The epidemiology of heart failure in the general Australian community - study of heart failure in the Australian primary carE setting (SHAPE): methods

 

Diagnostic terms recorded in the notes

Number

Percent

All patients

 1

Congestive heart failure

4663

27.5%

 2

Heart failure

2457

14.5%

 3

Cardiac failure

723

4.3%

 4

Heart failure & Congestive heart failure

672

4.0%

 5

Diastolic dysfunction

370

2.2%

 6

Pulmonary oedema

364

2.2%

 7

Cardiomyopathy

217

1.3%

 8

Cardiac failure & Congestive heart failure

214

1.3%

 9

Ventricular failure

194

1.1%

 10

Heart failure & Cardiac failure

169

1.0%

Active patients

 1

Congestive heart failure

4393

28.4%

 2

Heart failure

2177

14.1%

 3

Cardiac failure

674

4.4%

 4

Heart failure & Congestive heart failure

639

4.1%

 5

Diastolic dysfunction

356

2.3%

 6

Pulmonary oedema

331

2.1%

 7

Cardiomyopathy

208

1.3%

 8

Cardiac failure & Congestive heart failure

208

1.3%

 9

Ventricular failure

181

1.2%

 10

Heart failure & Cardiac failure

160

1.0%