Care cOordination Using Mobile Technology to Enhance Patient Empowerment in Acute Comorbidities to aSSess Improvement in Outcomes in Hospital readmissioNs
Heart failure is a syndrome that is defined by distinctive clinical, hemodynamic, and neurohormonal findings. HF represents a final common pathway for many different cardiovascular diseases, including coronary disease, hypertension, Valvular disease, and many primary heart muscle diseases. Clinically, HF patients experience dyspnea, fatigue and diminished exercise tolerance, reflecting elevated left and/or right ventricular filling pressures and decreased cardiac output.
• Men and women over 18 years of age are included. Eligible subjects must be hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of ADHF or acute MI. The diagnosis of HF is established by the presence of typical symptoms, signs, and objective evidence of pulmonary congestion, elevated BNP or N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) or impaired cardiac function. Acute MI is diagnosed by presence of chest pain, arm pain, or dyspnea with elevated Troponin and/or EKG changes suggestive of Acute coronary syndrome requiring intervention or optimal medical therapy.