Symptomatic heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Hiroshima University Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who meet the following eligibility criteria and do not meet the exclusion criteria will be eligible for the study among patients with insufficiency aged 75 years or older who are hospitalized at Hiroshima University Hospital and the collaborating research institutions. Eligibility criteria Patients admitted to the Department of Cardiology and the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the participating institutions with a diagnosis of symptomatic heart failure as the primary or secondary disease. Those who can provide written consent. Symptomatic heart failure refers to patients who meet the Framingham heart failure diagnostic criteria or who are judged by the attending physician to have symptoms of low cardiac output syndrome. Framingham heart failure diagnostic criteria.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who were unable to give consent for this study Those who are judged by the physician in charge to be incapable of consenting to the study due to impaired consciousness, significant cognitive decline, or higher brain dysfunction. Those judged by the physician in charge to be incapable of consenting to the study due to consciousness disorder, significant cognitive decline, or higher brain dysfunction Those who are judged by the physician in charge to be inappropriate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life at 3 months and 1 year after discharge | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medical and nursing care costs Re-admission nursing care level | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShigehito Shiota
Hiroshima University Hospital Department of Rehabilitation, Division of Clinical support
Outcome results
None listed