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Table 3 Percentage of target doses achieved by the drugs

From: Guideline-directed medical therapy in heart failure patients: impact of focused care provided by a heart failure clinic in comparison to general cardiology out-patient department

Category

HF clinic

Other cardiology OPD

 

Baseline

At 12 months

Baseline

At 12 months

Beta blockers

 0–25%

55%

17%

23%

17%

 26–50%

27%

36%

52%

36%

 51–75%

8%

26%

19%

36%

 76–100%

10%

21%

6%

11%

ACEI/ARB

 0–25%

55%

30%

52%

27%

 26–50%

26%

21%

28%

33%

 51–75%

5%

5%

12%

23%

 76–100%

14%

44%

8%

17%

MRA

 0–25%

-

-

-

-

 26–50%

25%

2%

38%

20%

 51–75%

-

-

-

-

 76–100%

75%

98%

62%

80%

  1. The percentage of target doses achieved by the patients in each study group by the end of the twelfth month. Here the patients have been divided into four categories based on the percentage of target dose attained as: 0–25%, 26–50%, 51–75%, 76–100%