Effect of a Telemonitoring-Facilitated Collaboration Between General Practitioner and Heart Failure Clinic on Mortality and Rehospitalization Rates in Severe Heart Failure: The TEMA-HF 1 (Telemonitoring in the Management of Heart Failure) Study

Dendale, Paul; W. De Keulenaer, Gilles; Troisfontaines, Pierre; Weytjens, Caroline; Müllens, Wilfried; Elegeert, Ivan; Ector, Bavo; Houbrechts, Marita; Willekens, Koen; Hansen, Dominique

doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfr144

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Effect of a Telemonitoring-Facilitated Collaboration Between General Practitioner and Heart Failure Clinic on Mortality and Rehospitalization Rates in Severe Heart Failure: The TEMA-HF 1 (Telemonitoring in the Management of Heart Failure) Study

Published in European Journal of Heart Failure • Nov 1, 2011

Authors:

Paul Dendale

Gilles W. De Keulenaer

Pierre Troisfontaines

Abstract

AIMS: Chronic heart failure (CHF) patients are frequently rehospitalized within 6 months after an episode of fluid retention. Rehospitalizations are preventable, but this requires an extensive organization of the healthcare system. In this study, we tested whether intensive follow-up of patients thr...

Subject

Medicine

Heart failure

Ejection fraction

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