Abstract
54 The New Zealand Heart Failure Registry: Early observations G.P. Devlin ∗, R. Troughton, M. Lund, R. Doughty, on behalf of the NZHFR Investigators Department of Cardiology, Waikato Hospital, New Zealand Background: The New Zealand Heart Failure Registry (NZHFR) commenced enrolment mid 2006 with the primary aim to improve the medical care of heart failure patients, through a better understanding of patient demographics, management, and in-hospital and postdischarge outcomes. Methods: The NZHFR is a national prospective observational web –based registry. All hospitals in New Zealand admitting patients with acute heart failure have been invited to participate with a minimum and maximum requirement of 5 and 15 consecutive patients recruited per month respectively. Results: At 14/2/2007 118 patients had been enrolled with 90 day follow up data available in 69% (81/118). The mean patient age was 67 years with 2/3rds male .CXR was performed in all patients. Natriuretic peptides were assayed in less than half (55/118) .Recent echocardiography was available in 83% (98/118).Systolic dysfunction was present in 60% (71/118) .In-hospital death was infrequent (3% ( i h (
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