heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Adult patients hospitalized with symptomatic heart failure in one of the 7 institutions participating in Hiroshima Heart Health Promotion Project 2) Symptomatic heart failure defined according to Framingham's criteria and/or low output syndrome diagnosed by primary physicians
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence of all cause deaths and all unscheduled readmissions for 12 months after discharge | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Clinical characteristics of each patient during the hospitalization, including underlying heart diseases, history of HF, physical activity (ability of independent gait), clinical test data, and treatment methods 2) Information regarding outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and home nursing-care services after discharge | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hiroshima University Hospital Heart Failure Center