This measures the percentage of heart failure patients who are prescribed certain medications. These medicines, called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), help some patients whose hearts have difficulty pumping blood throughout the body.

April 2011 - March 2012 data

For the above graph: Higher ↑ performance is better.

Results over time

For the above graph: Higher ↑ performance is better.

More heart failure measurements

• Patients given discharge instructions
• Patients given an evaluation of left ventricular systolic function
• Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction
• Patients given smoking-cessation advice or couseling
• Heart failure mortality rates
• Heart failure re-admission rates

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