Treatment patterns among newly diagnosed heart failure patients in general practice Authors: Saga Johansson 1 ,2 Mari-Ann Wallander 2 ,3 Ana Ruigómez 4 Luis Alberto García Rodríguez 4 1 Section of Preventive Cardiology, Göteborg University, Sweden 2 AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Sweden 3 Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Sweden 4 Centro Español de Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica (CEIFE), Madrid, Spain ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We thank the staff at EPIC and the participating general practitioners in the UK for their cooperation. We also thank the BCDSP for providing access to the database. This study was supported in part by a research grant from AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal. Address for correspondence: Dr. Luis Alberto García Rodríguez Centro Español de Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica c/ Almirante 28, 2º 28004 Madrid, Spain. Tel: (34-91) 531 34 04 Fax: (34-91) 531 28 71 E-mail: lagarcia@ceife.es