... follow-up, a telephone follow-up with education before discharge, or education only before discharge on the heart failure (HF) knowledge, HF self-care management, and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in patients with HF by a nurse specialist. Methods and results This is a multicentre RCT...

... by echocardiography (ECHO) or right heart catheterization (RHC) is altered following PAH treatment and if RVSWi is an indicator of outcome in PAH. Methods and results Fifty-four patients with PAH performed ECHO and RHC (median, 0 days between examinations) at baseline and treatment follow-up. RVSWi_RHC...

...), ^83–87 with one clinical trial in a large academic medical centre performed on this subject. ⁸⁸ A such, conclusions on this subject should be drawn with caution. A limiting factor was the heterogeneous design of the digital solution, follow-up, and protocol of optimization of a new...

... phobia) triggers. The syncope recurrence-free rates among the study groups during follow-up were evaluated with the Kaplan–Meier method and compared with the log-rank test. For all test, a P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. This study was conducted according...

... was hospitalized due to increase in pericardial effusion, underwent pericardial drainage, and started prednisone therapy with rapid recovery. We started a close follow-up on a monthly basis, with progressive decrease in pericardial effusion and progressive amelioration in symptoms, although the patient continued...

... Hospital utilization was available before, during, and after the repair spells, with different follow-ups for each patient and data source considered. Overall service utilization was averaged over yearly intervals pre- and post-repair spell, using all patients with data in the interval of interest...

.... 22 11 2023 25 01 2024 09 02 2024 27 02 2024 Graphical Abstract Graphical Abstract Acute myocarditis Cardiovascular events Nationwide Outcomes Follow-up Acute myocarditis represents a challenge for many clinicians due to the large spectrum of aetiologies and broad range...

...  External loop recorder  Basic autonomic function test ^a  Follow-up implantable loop recorder  Echocardiography  ECG stress test  Electrophysiological studies  Neuroimaging Initial evaluation (4 points)  History taking  3-min active standing test  Physical...

... to the clinic for review. The system provided a new level of granularity of details regarding device function and arrhythmia burden and flagged critical issues for immediate attention. The issue anticipated how this model would facilitate CIED follow-up, set the standard of care, and usher in an era of digital...

... pulmonary vein (PV) isolation (PVI) associated with encouraging clinical outcome data. The novel POLARx CB incorporates unique features, which may translate into improved safety, efficacy, and outcomes. The ICE-AGE-1 study aimed to assess the efficacy, safety, and 1-year clinical follow-up of the POLARx CB...

... do not have follow-up data on the final syncope diagnosis in patients with negative CAT/HUT. We know that some patients received ILR following CAT/HUT evaluation, but we do not have complete data on the findings. The investigated population (patients referred to a tertiary syncope unit) are highly...

...), or transposition of the great arteries (TGA). During follow-up (>40 years), the original cohort was investigated every 10 years (1991, 2001, 2011, and 2021). Statistical analyses were processed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows 28.0 (Armonk, New York, USA) and R software v. 4.2.1 for Windows. Demographic...

..., month 3, and month 6. The echocardiogram and CMR were done at week 2 and month 6 until CMR returned to normal ( Figure 3 and Table 1 ). After the normalization of CMR, the last follow-up schedule was at month 12 to ensure that there is no additional change in clinical and ECG...

...- and four-strata risk stratification models and established a comprehensive internet-based calculator to facilitate risk assessment. Methods and results Between 1 January 2000 and 26 July 2021, 773 clinical assessments on 169 incident PAH patients were evaluated at diagnosis and follow-ups. Risk scores...

... was born prematurely (at 28 weeks) weighing 1.5 kg with double outlet right ventricle (DORV). She underwent PA banding at 4 months of age with plans for further surgical intervention but was subsequently lost to follow-up. She presented to the referring institution six months prior to her admission to our...

... Watch^™ are provided to patients at enrolment and used to monitor patents until study completion. Figure 5 Shows the help section for the ORBITA-2 symptom application available to all participants. Figure 6 Shows our procedural workflow for incorporation of remote digital smart device follow-up...

... therapy). The number of hospitalizations during the first year after the index date and proportion of days out of hospital during the first year of follow up were calculated for each patient in the study population and for a matched cohort from the background population. Matching was done using exposure...

... estimate showed a quite similar recurrence rate of syncope at 2 years of follow-up of 26 and 24% respectively (Figure 4 ). Russo’s subgroup rate was also quite similar to the rate observed in the overall population of Biosync trial, of 22% (not shown in Figure 4 ). Figure 4 Comparison...

... basis; routine follow-up visits included clinical evaluation (physical examination and routine laboratory tests) and non-invasive cardiac studies (ECG and 2D ecocardiography). The New York Heart Association (NYHA) class was used to assess functional capacity, which was determined by a questionnaire...