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Ambulatory haemodynamic-guided management reduces heart failure hospitalizations in a multicentre European heart failure cohort Hasselt University
Aims To investigate the outcomes and associated costs of haemodynamic-guided heart failure (HF) management with a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) sensor in a multicentre European cohort. Methods and results Data from all consecutive patients receiving a PAP sensor in Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, University Hospital Zurich and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust before January 2021 were collected. Medication changes, total number of HF ...
Opinions of general and adult congenital heart disease cardiologists on care for adults with congenital heart disease in Belgium : a qualitative study Ghent University
Background: The growing adult congenital heart disease (CHD) population requires efficient healthcare organisation. It has been suggested that clinically appropriate care be provided for individual patients on the least complex level possible, in order to alleviate saturation of special care programmes. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 10 general and 10 adult CHD cardiologists were conducted to elucidate opinions on healthcare ...
Effects of intravenous home dobutamine in palliative end-stage heart failure on quality of life, heart failure hospitalization, and cost expenditure Hasselt University KU Leuven
AimsIn patients with palliative end-stage heart failure, interventions that could provide symptomatic relief and prevent hospital admissions are important. Ambulatory continuous intravenous inotropes have been advocated by guidelines for such a purpose. We sought to determine the effect of intravenous dobutamine on symptomatic status, hospital stay, mortality, and cost expenditure. Methods and resultsAll consecutive end-stage heart failure ...