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Observational studyClinical cardiology2026

Rationale and Design of the Türkiye Heart Failure (TURK-HF) Registry.

Umut Kocabas, Selda Murat, Tarık Kıvrak, Bektaş Murat, Cihan Altın, Cennet Yıldız, Şeyda Günay Polatkan, Selma Akdeniz Oskay, Zeynep Ulutaş, Duygu İnan and 8 more

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Observational study in Clinical cardiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Umut KocabasDepartment of Cardiology, Başkent University Izmir Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6424-9399
Selda MuratDepartment of Cardiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3935-0222
Tarık KıvrakDepartment of Cardiology, Firat University Medical School, Elazig, Türkiye.
Bektaş MuratDepartment of Cardiology, Eskisehir City Hospital, Eskisehir, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-7185
Cihan AltınDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Point Hospital, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Türkiye.
Cennet YıldızDepartment of Cardiology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2456-3206
Şeyda Günay PolatkanDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Türkiye.
Selma Akdeniz OskayDepartment of Cardiology, Medicana International Izmir Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
Zeynep UlutaşDepartment of Cardiology, İnönü University, Malatya, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6078-7480
Duygu İnanDepartment of Cardiology, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3921-6469
Nuran GünayDepartment of Cardiology, Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Dilay KarabulutDepartment of Cardiology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Fahri ÇakanDepartment of Cardiology, Çorlu State Hospital, Tekirdag, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5427-3480
Veysel YavuzDepartment of Cardiology, Akhisar Mustafa Kirazoglu State Hospital, Manisa, Türkiye.
Isil ErginDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye.
Uğur Önsel TürkDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Point Hospital, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Türkiye.
İstemihan TengizDepartment of Cardiology, Medicana International Izmir Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
TURK‐HF Registry Investigators

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThe Türkiye Heart Failure (TURK-HF) registry aims to identify the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, management strategies, and outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF) and to assess the implementation of evidence-based HF therapies in Türkiye.

methodsThe TURK-HF registry is a national, multicenter, prospective, observational study of unselected patients with HF regardless of ejection fraction. A total of 46 investigators from 38 centers in 22 cities across Türkiye participated in the registry. The study investigators will gain access to the electronic case report form via www.turkhf.com website using their usernames and passwords. The baseline assessment of the patients will include sociodemographic data, primary care access information, frailty assessment, health-related quality of life questionnaire, HF-related information, medical history and comorbidities, physical examination findings, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic data, H

conclusionThe TURK-HF registry offers comprehensive and distinctive insights into contemporary HF clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods, treatments, and outcomes. This registry has the potential to influence implementation strategies, clinical research, and public policies across Türkiye.

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Heart FailureQuality of LifeRegistriesStroke VolumeFemaleHumansMaleProspective Studiesheart failureoutcomereal‐world dataregistrytreatmentTürkiye

Identifiers

PMID42165426
PMCPMC13239282

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