An intervention of variable intensity for congestive heart failure showed some improvements but no survival effect, suggesting a tradeoff between intervention cost and intensity and survival benefit.

The intervention program used in SPAN-CHF I consisted of a home visit by an experienced nurse-manager within 3 days of randomization. During this visit, which focused on dietary and medical compliance ...

High-Versus Low-dose Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy in the Treatment of Heart Failure: An Economic Analysis of the Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival (ATLAS) Trial ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with congestive heart failure, transitional care interventions (TCIs), especially high-intensity TCIs, are effective for reducing the risks of readmission and emergency ...

Several interventions were undertaken: a heart failure algorithm and clinical pathway were developed, with the aim of incorporating AHCPR clinical criteria for CHF. Programs for physician CHF ...

Chronic heart failure patients are less likely to have died a year after discharge if they are involved in a programme of active follow-up once they have returned home than patients given standard ...

Up until now, most studies of remote monitoring programs for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) have focused on readmission rates. But a new Australian review of 25 studies involving 9,500 ...

The results of HF-ACTION—the largest ever intervention trial of a nonpharmacological treatment for chronic heart failure—have been reported. The investigators randomly allocated participants to either ...