Trial of an Intervention to Improve Acute Heart Failure Outcomes

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Authors

Douglas S. Lee · University Health Network

Sharon E. Straus · University of Toronto

Michael E. Farkouh · University Health Network

Peter C. Austin · University of Toronto

Monica Taljaard · University of Ottawa

Alice Chong · Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research

Christine Fahim ·

Abstract

Among patients with acute heart failure who were seeking emergency care, the use of a hospital-based strategy to support clinical decision making and rapid follow-up led to a lower risk of the composite of death from any cause or hospitalization for cardiovascular causes within 30 days than usual care. (Funded by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit and others; COACH ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02674438.).

Topics & Keywords

Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiac Health and Mental Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 388, Issue 1, pp. 22-32

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2211680

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