Heart at Home- a Self-care Study

Heart at Home- Remote Patient Monitoring in the Care of Heart Failure Patients

In the study benefits of using mobile phone assisted remote patient monitoring including self-measurements of blood pressure, heart rate and weight as well as monitoring of personal health status are investigated in the care of heart failure patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of systolic heart failure
• NYHA (New York Heart Association) classification > 1
• left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 35%
• need for a regular control visit
• time from the last visit no longer than 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who were known to enter a major medical operation
• severe comorbidity,
• participation in other clinical trial during last three months-
• poor compliance in terms of familiarity with mobile phone