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Figure 3 Discharge Medications and Application of Performance Measures in Patients With LVSD Compared With PSF

Note that only discharge instructions, smoking cessation counseling, and anticoagulation for AF are current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association performance measures for which heart failure patients with PSF are included. ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; AF = atrial fibrillation; Ald Ant = aldosterone antagonist; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker; other abbreviations as in Figure 2.