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ESC Guidelines for Patient Self-management in Chronic Heart Failure
The gold-standard of patient self-management in chronic heart failure (CHF) can be defined as “daily activities that maintain clinical stability”.1 This requires that patients monitor their symptoms, adhere to their medication, diet and exercise regimens and manage symptoms by recognising changes and responding by either…
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Telehealth is a multiform term embracing the applications of telematics to medicine, in order to enable diagnosis and/or treatment remotely through a set of communication tools, including phones, smartphones and mobile wireless devices, with or without a video connection.1
Until a few years ago, digital applications in medicine were restricted to the use of data obtained from electronic health…
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Heart failure (HF) is increasing in prevalence globally, and is associated with considerable ill health, healthcare costs and mortality. Prevalence increases steeply with age, and the average age of a person admitted to hospital with decompensation in developed countries such as the UK is in the high 70s.1 Comorbidity is the rule, with half of hospitalised patients having at least five…
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Although cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, an increasing proportion of patients are surviving with heart failure (HF), which is substantially increasing in incidence and prevalence.1,2 In the management of HF the indications for implanted devices have widened, resulting in more patients living with an expanding variety of sensor-enabled implanted devices than any…
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Primarily due to significant treatment advancements to prevent previously fatal acute cardiac events, the burden of heart failure (HF), characterised by chronic symptoms, acute hospitalisations and premature mortality, continues to rise.1,2 Latest expert guidelines3,4 confirmed by meta-analyses5,6 support the application of multidisciplinary HF management programs to improve health outcomes…
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Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common reasons for admission to hospital. It is associated with long in-patient stays, and has a high in-hospital and post-discharge morbidity and mortality, whether left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is reduced (HFREF) or normal (HeFNEF).1,2 Congestion, or fluid overload, is a classic clinical feature of patients presenting with HF. In some patients,…
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e-SPACE Heart Failure 2021
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e-SPACE Heart Failure
Start date:
Jul 11, 2020
End date:
Jul 14, 2020
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e-SPACE Heart Failure 2023
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