Non-invasive telemedical care in heart failure patients and stroke: post hoc analysis of TIM-HF and TIM-HF2 trials.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have an increased risk of ischaemic stroke. We aimed to identify the incidence rate and factors associated with ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in CHF patients as well as the impact of non-invasive telemedical care (NITC) on acute stroke/TIA.

Methods and results

We retrospectively analysed baseline characteristics of 2248 CHF patients enrolled to the prospective multicentre Telemedical Interventional Monitoring in Heart Failure study (TIM-HF) and Telemedical Interventional Management in Heart Failure II study (TIM-HF2), randomizing New York Heart Association (NYHA) II/III patients 1:1 to NITC or standard of care. Hospitalizations due to acute ischaemic stroke or TIA during a follow-up of 12 months were analy

SUBMITTER: Tutuncu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7261572 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature