Mobile App for Heart Failure

Self-Monitoring Using Mobile App for Reduction of Rehospitalization and Mortality in Heart Failure (SMART-HF)

The investigators developed a mobile health platform to self-management in HF. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether this smartphone app-based intervention can improve symptoms of HF when compared to usual care in HF patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 20 years or older hospitalized for acute heart failure.
• Patients who have obvious symptoms or sign of HF at admission
• N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ≥400 pg/mL or brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) ≥100 pg/mL.
• participants should be able to use smartphone well.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have baseline systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg or resting heart rate <50 beats per minutes
• Patients who cannot use smartphone
• Patients who had cardiac implantable electronic device will be excluded