Trial of an Intervention to Improve Acute Heart Failure Outcomes.
Douglas S LeeSharon E StrausMichael E FarkouhPeter C AustinMonica TaljaardAlice ChongChristine FahimStephanie PoonPeter CramStuart SmithRobert S McKelvieLiane PorepaMichael HartleibPeter MitoffRobert M IwanochkoAndrea MacDougallSteven ShadowitzHoward AbramsEsam ElbarasiJiming FangJacob A UdellMichael J SchullSusanna MakHeather J Rossnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)
Among patients with acute heart failure who were seeking emergency care, the use of a hospital-based strategy to support clinical decision making and rapid follow-up led to a lower risk of the composite of death from any cause or hospitalization for cardiovascular causes within 30 days than usual care. (Funded by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit and others; COACH ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02674438.).