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Table 12 Top 10 signs and symptoms of HF recorded in the definite and probable 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

 

Sign/symptom combinations recorded in the notes

Number

Percent

All patients

 1

Dyspnoea

9699

44.5%

 2

Dyspnoea & PND

646

3.0%

 3

PND

561

2.6%

 4

Dyspnoea & Orthopnoea

549

2.5%

 5

Dyspnoea & displaced apex beat

231

1.1%

 6

Orthopnoea

149

0.7%

 7

Dyspnoea, Orthopnoea & PND

130

0.6%

 8

Dyspnoea & elevated JVP

123

0.6%

 9

Displaced apex beat

104

0.5%

 10

Elevated JVP

58

0.3%

Active patients

 1

Dyspnoea

9401

46.5%

 2

Dyspnoea & PND

638

3.2%

 3

PND

550

2.7%

 4

Dyspnoea & Orthopnoea

535

2.6%

 5

Dyspnoea & displaced apex beat

225

1.1%

 6

Orthopnoea

138

0.7%

 7

Dyspnoea, Orthopnoea & PND

124

0.6%

 8

Dyspnoea & elevated JVP

117

0.6%

 9

Displaced apex beat

100

0.5%

 10

Elevated JVP

52

0.3%