Table 1 |
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Some characteristics of the case vignettes. |
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Heart failure n = 26 |
Non-heart failure n = 14 |
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Age, mean and range |
77 (56–92) |
76 (56–84) |
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Sex, number of men |
11 |
7 |
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Number of patients with a history of myocardial infarction |
10 |
2 |
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Number of patients with dyspnoea |
23 |
9 |
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Number of patients with atrial fibrillation *) |
14 |
3 |
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Number of patients with leg oedema |
9 |
4 |
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Number of patients with rales |
8 |
4 |
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Number of patients with a systolic blood pressure ≤ 140 mmHg *) |
17 |
4 |
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Number of patients with signs of pulmonary stasis |
11 |
5 |
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Number of patients with cardiac enlargement **) |
25 |
8 |
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Number of patients with cardiac volume >700 ml/m2 **) |
15 |
2 |
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Relative cardiac volume (ml/m2), mean and range ***) |
722 (470–940) |
529 (350–880) |
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Echocardiogram: ejection fraction (%), mean and range (not presented as a cue) ***) |
37 (20–55) |
55 (50–65) |
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*) p < 0.05 **) p < 0.01 ***) p < 0.001 |
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Skånér et al. BMC Family Practice 2003 4:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-4-12 |
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