In total, 40.5% of patients (201 of 496 who died prior to July 1, 2010) had an outpatient visit with a cardiologist in the last year of life. Cardiologist visits comprised 9.9% of all outpatient visits. There was no change in the proportion of visits that were to cardiologists (rather than other types of providers) in the months preceding death. Cardiology visits occurred at a higher rate in patients who were younger, male, had reduced EF, were married, did not have dementia, and were not cared for in a SNF in the last year of life (p