Heart failure (HF) occurs when the heart is no longer able to pump blood effectively throughout the body. This leads to symptoms that gradually worsen over time and are often mistaken for normal signs of aging. Because of its insidious onset, early detection is challenging. Both patients and healthcare professionals are often insufficiently aware of the early signs and symptoms of HF, resulting in delayed diagnosis. Consequently, timely initiation of treatments that could slow disease progression, improve quality of life, and reduce hospitalizations is often missed. Although a simple blood test measuring NT-proBNP levels can facilitate the early diagnosis of HF, it is not routinely used in clinical practice.
The aim of this study is to evaluate whether a combined strategy for the early diagnosis and treatment of HF can reduce hospitalizations. This strategy includes:
The researchers will assess whether this strategy effectively reduces hospitalizations due to acute heart failure over an 18-month follow-up period.
Inclusion Criteria:
General consent (GC) has not been rejected.
Age ≥ 65 years.
Elective percutaneous coronary intervention* (PCI), pulmonary vein isolation* (PVI), pacemaker implantation* (PM, no cardiac resynchronisation), transcatheter aortic valve intervention* (TAVI), major non-cardiac surgery* or presenting with tachyarrhythmia to the emergency department (ED) (without a diagnosis of HF within 24h).
Exclusion Criteria:
Christian.Mueller@usb.ch+41 61 328 65 49
Intervention
sonja.horvat-csoti@usb.ch
Vienna, 1090, Austria
kardiologie@meduniwien.ac.at+43 1 40400 46140
Leipzig, 04289, Germany
agoudev@abv.bg+359 2 943 2584
christoph.ahlgrim@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 761 270-0
kardiologie@marienhospital-herne.de+49 2323 499 1604
holger.thiele@medizin.uni-leipzig.de+493418651428
luna.gargani@unipi.it+39 050 221 2111
r.a.deboer@erasmusmc.nl+ 31 10 704 0 704
yang.hyun@gmail.com15881533
zamorano@secardiologia.es+34 913 36 80 00
Christian.Mueller@usb.ch+41 61 328 65 49
baris.gencer@chuv.ch+41 21 314 00 10
laurent.haegeli@ksa.ch+ 41 62 838 44 81
Maria.Wertli@ksb.ch+41 56 486 25 02
kardiologiesekretariat@claraspital.ch+41 61 685 83 80
philippe.meyer@hug.ch+41 22 372 72 00
matthias.paul@luks.ch+41 41 205 51 06
Marco.Valgimigli@eoc.ch+41 91 811 53 63
konstantinos.rizas@h-och.ch+41 71 494 10 51
raban.jeger@stadtspital.ch+41 44 416 34 11
andreas.flammer@usz.ch+41 44 255 11 11
nick.mills@ed.ac.uk+44 131 242 1000
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