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Background

Specialised disease management programmes for heart failure aim to improve care, clinical outcomes and/or reduce healthcare utilisation. Since the last version of this review in 2010, several new trials of structured telephone support and non‐invasive home telemonitoring have been published which have raised questions about their effectiveness.

Objectives

To review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of structured telephone support or non‐invasive home telemonitoring compared to standard practice for people with heart failure, in order to quantify the effects of these interventions over and above usual care.