Nurse-Led Ambulatory Care Supported by Non-Invasive Haemodynamic Assessment After Acute Heart Failure Decompensation

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  Figure 1. The scheme of recommendation support module (RSM). ICG, impedance cardiography; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TFC, thoracic fluid content.

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  Figure 2. The thoracic fluid content (TFC) (1/kOhm) distribution of all individuals at enrolment (Visit 1) with respect to the line indicating a high risk of pulmonary congestion (a cut‐off of 33 1/kOhm).

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  Figure 3. Visit‐to‐visit change in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class categories (P values derived from the random‐effects ordered logistic model).

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  Figure 4. Visit‐to‐visit change in visual analogue scale scoring (P values derived from the generalized estimating equation model). In the box‐plots, the line inside the box indicates the median, upper and lower boundary of the box indicates 75th percentile (third quartile, Q3) and 25th percentile (first quartile, Q1), respectively, and the upper and lower end of the whisker indicate the most extreme values within Q3 + 1.5(Q3–Q1) and Q1 − 1.5*(Q3–Q1), respectively. VAS, visual analogue scale.

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  Figure 5. Visit‐to‐visit change in haemodynamic parameters: (A) systolic blood pressure (SBP) (mmHg) (P = ns); (B) diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (mmHg) (P = ns); (C) heart rate (HR) (bpm) (P = ns); (D) cardiac index (CI) (L/min/m2) (P = ns); (E) systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI) (dyn * s * m2/cm5) (P = ns); (F) thoracic fluid content (TFC) (1/kOhm) (P = ns). In the box‐plots, the line inside the box indicates the median; upper and lower boundary of the box indicates 75th percentile (third quartile, Q3) and 25th percentile (first quartile, Q1), respectively; and the upper and lower end of the whisker indicate the most extreme values within Q3 + 1.5(Q3–Q1) and Q1 − 1.5*(Q3–Q1), respectively; dots indicate values located outside the range of the whiskers.