Status:

WITHDRAWN

Heart Failure Evaluation Acute Referral Team Trial (HEARTT)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alberta

Conditions:

Heart Failure, Congestive

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a multidisciplinary team clinic including a clinical pharmacist, a registered nurse (RN), dietician and physician providing short-term sub-acute ma...

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF)accounts for morbidity and mortality in Canada. In contrast to coronary heart disease, the mortality rate attributed to HF has decreased minimally, only 14%, over the las...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with signs and symptoms of heart failure with a plan to discharge home from the ED .

Exclusion

  • \< 18 years of age
  • planned follow-up with Cardiology or Internal Medicine post discharge from ED
  • heart transplant candidate or recipient
  • current Heart Function Clinic patient
  • left ventricular ejection fraction \>0.40
  • unable or unwilling to attend clinic visits
  • heart failure requiring admission to hospital
  • patients living outside the Capital Health catchment area
  • participation in another heart failure clinical trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00355511

Start Date

July 1 2007

End Date

February 1 2009

Last Update

April 28 2015

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University of Alberta Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada