Fig. 5.

Application of the strict (N = 10,245) and less strict (N = 16,817) treatment regimens (see Table 1) in the two years after diagnosis in all patients with heart failure by: a NYHA class, b age group, and c sex, hospitalization, and death. a Similar proportions of patients were hospitalized whether they received a common treatment regimen according to the strict pattern or not (62.7 and 65.3%, respectively). b Mortality was lower in patients who received a common treatment regimen according to the strict pattern than in those who did not (6.7 vs. 16.2%, respectively), NYHA New York Heart Association