An intervention of variable intensity for congestive heart failure showed some improvements but no survival effect, suggesting a tradeoff between intervention cost and intensity and survival benefit.

Nonpharmacologic heart failure management and interventions can reduce cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima-media ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with congestive heart failure, transitional care interventions (TCIs), especially high-intensity TCIs, are effective for reducing the risks of readmission and emergency ...

The intervention program used in SPAN-CHF I consisted of a home visit by an experienced nurse-manager within 3 days of randomization. During this visit, which focused on dietary and medical compliance ...

High-Versus Low-dose Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy in the Treatment of Heart Failure: An Economic Analysis of the Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival (ATLAS) Trial ...

Several interventions were undertaken: a heart failure algorithm and clinical pathway were developed, with the aim of incorporating AHCPR clinical criteria for CHF. Programs for physician CHF ...

Heart failure experts are warning that despite seeing some of cardiology’s most exciting therapeutic advances over the last decade, their field has a serious pipeline problem. Unless steps are taken ...

A new study suggests that receiving text-based 'nudges' could help remind patients to refill their prescriptions, which may also help to reduce readmission rates.

'Heart failure self care' refers to the practices in which patients engage to maintain their own health, and to the decisions that they make about managing signs or symptoms. In this article, we base ...