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Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in an Asynchronous Heart Failure Model Induced by Left Bundle Branch Ablation and Rapid Pacing
Published on: December 11, 2017
[The SCOOP II trial in heart failure]
M C Albanese1, A Bulfoni, P Rossi
1U.O. di Cardiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, mca@adriacom.it
Background:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a health education intervention aimed at improving therapeutic compliance and quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). In this 1100 bed Community hospital 97% of patients with CHF admitted to the Internal Medicine Unit have a high rate of readmission, mortality and negative quality of life.
Methods:
Two hundred patients (123 males, 77 females, mean age 75 years) were enrolled and randomized. CHF patients admitted to the Internal Medicine Unit were randomly assigned to usual care (n=100) or intervention group (n=100), which consisted of a nurse-guided education program, facilitated telephone communication and regularly scheduled follow-up visits with an internist. The primary endpoints were quality of life and quality of service improvement, and improved compliance with the heart failure guidelines. All patients were submitted to echocardiography.
Results:
Ejection fraction is available for 87% of them. Baseline quality of life is similar in both groups. Final data will be available after April 2001.
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