TOPLINE:

About 40% of patients with diagnosed heart failure did not pursue future cardiology consultations, regardless of the initial severity of their condition. A single follow-up cardiology visit can reduce 1-year all-cause mortality by 6%-9%, with additional visits showing increased benefit as the severity of heart failure increases.

METHODOLOGY:

A nationwide cohort study included 655,919 French patients (median age, 80 years; 48% women) diagnosed or hospitalized with heart failure between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2019, and who were still alive on January 1, 2020.

Researchers categorized patients into four groups: Those hospitalized with heart failure within the past year, those hospitalized with the condition between 1 and 5 years prior, patients not hospitalized but who

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