Clinical Reminders in Test Reports to Improve Guideline Compliance

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Congestive

In brief

Although beta-blockers are known to prolong survival for patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, their use in the community and the VA is suboptimal.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00414401

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

1500

Starts

2001-05-01

Expected to finish

2006-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Those undergoing echocardiography at one of the participating laboratories with an ejection fraction < 45%.

You may not qualify if…

• aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States

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