heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who are judged to meet all of the following criteria are eligible. (1) Patients admitted to the hospital for acute heart failure or acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure, who have improved with treatment and are scheduled for discharge, or patients within 30 days of discharge. (2) Patients who meet the following criteria on admission: BNP 100 pg/ml or higher or NT-proBNP 300 pg/mL or higher. (3) Patients aged 20 years or older
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who are judged to be in conflict with any of the following criteria will be excluded. (1) Patients who have or will have medical devices such as pacemakers, ICDs, CRT-D, etc. (2) Patients who are scheduled to undergo PCI or CABG (3) Patients with a limited prognosis due to irreversible factors such as malignancy. (4) Patients with obvious cognitive impairment. (5) Patients who are pregnant or wish to become pregnant during the study period (6) Patients on maintenance dialysis (7) Patients who are judged to be difficult or dangerous to ride the weight scale due to limb disabilities, etc. (8) Patients who cannot be contacted by telephone. (9) Patients who written consent cannot be obtained. (10) Other patients who are judged by the doctor in charge to be inappropriate for this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prediction accuracy of composite cardiac events during telemonitoring period (1) Rehospitalization due to worsening heart failure, (2) Unscheduled outpatient visit due to worsening heart failure, (3) Outpatient intravenous infusion treatment due to worsening heart failure, (4) Cardiac death | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prediction accuracy of composite events during telemonitoring period (1) All unplanned readmissions excluding trauma, (2) Readmissions due to worsening heart failure, (3) Unscheduled outpatient visits due to worsening heart failure, (4) Outpatient intravenous therapy due to worsening heart failure, (5) Cardiac death | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Ehime university graduate school of medicine Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology