The criteria used by primary care physicians to diagnose heart failure during the Euro-HF study
| Symptoms (%) | Symptoms and signs (%) | Only after tests (%) | Only after referral (%) | |
| France | 52 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| Germany | 31 | 33 | 28 | 8 |
| Italy | 31 | 34 | 20 | 16 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 35 | 21 | 15 |
| Spain | 30 | 32 | 22 | 10 |
| UK | 17 | 55 | 19 | 9 |