Clinical Trial: PRIMARY-HF: Heart Failure Screening in Primary Care Using Point-of- Care

U.S., July 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07711821) titled 'PRIMARY-HF: Heart Failure Screening in Primary Care Using Point-of- Care' on July 13.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether the use of NT-proBNP testing and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can improve the diagnosis and management of heart failure in adults aged 50 years or older with suspected heart failure or cardiovascular risk factors in primary care settings.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the use of NT-proBNP and/or POCUS increase the rate of new heart failure diagnoses compared with standard care?

* Does this approach support earlier initiation of guideline-directed medical...