Key result
Multidisciplinary heart function clinics are linked to ~39% fewer 180-day re-hospitalizations versus usual care.
Why the study?
Heart failure causes high mortality and reduced quality of life, prompting evaluation of current management practices between hospitalized patients and those managed in a heart function clinic.
Does management in a multidisciplinary heart function clinic improve guideline-directed medical therapy adherence and reduce re-hospitalization in patients with heart failure?
Cohort (n=448)
No
Does management in a multidisciplinary heart function clinic improve guideline-directed medical therapy adherence and reduce re-hospitalization in patients with heart failure?
Absolute Event Rate: 17.1% vs 28%
p-value: p=<0.001
Physician-led multidisciplinary heart function clinics significantly improve adherence to guideline-directed medical therapy and lower 180-day re-hospitalization rates compared to usual hospital discharge care.
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May support multidisciplinary HF clinics; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Siddiqui et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=448). Heart function clinic management vs. Usual hospital care was evaluated on Re-hospitalization at 180 days (p=<0.001). Management in a multidisciplinary heart function clinic significantly reduced the 180-day re-hospitalization rate to 17.1% compared to 28% with usual hospital care.
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