Heart failure management in Poland: The National Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment Program POLKARD, edition 2003-2005.

Abstract

GPs in Poland tend to diagnose HF on clinical grounds while specialists use more diagnostic investigations. Specialists provide higher quality HF care than GPs, both in outpatient clinics and hospitals. Significant progress in HF management has occurred in Poland since previous studies. (Cardiol J 2007; 14: 552-560).