Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesCohort study
Heart Failure Treatment in the Last Years of Life: A Nationwide Study of 364 000 Individuals
- Nationwide cohort study
- whole Swedish population
Authors' conclusion
In patients with heart failure, a changing pattern of medical treatment during the last years of life was observed, most notably with an increasing use of beta blockers.
Study context
- Population
- HF patients who died in Sweden between 1 July 2007 and 31 December 2020
- Participants
- 364,480 patients
- Outcome
- Change over time in HF treatment patterns up to 5 years prior to death
- Follow-up
- Up to 5 years prior to death
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Use of all HF treatments decreased gradually closer to death
- Discontinuation rate of beta blockers decreased over time, with an increasing proportion on treatment at death
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Heart Failure Treatment in the Last Years of Life: A Nationwide Study of 364 000 Individuals. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 31 August 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3426
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it