Designated as an emerging epidemic in 1997, heart failure (HF) remains a major clinical
and public health problem. This review focuses on the most recent studies identified by …

ESC Guidelines 2389 disclosure forms are kept on file at the European Heart House,
headquarters of the ESC. Any changes in conflict of interest that arise during the writing …

Eight years have passed since the publication of the only guideline on cardiac rehabilitation
(CR) in Japan,“Guidelines for rehabilitation in patients with cardiovascular disease (JCS …

Introduction Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used for both quality improvement
and cost control. However, the validity of readmission rates as a measure of quality of …

Background People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show considerable
variation in symptoms, limitations, and well‐being; this often complicates medical care. A …

Importance Despite considerable improvements in heart failure care, mortality rates among
patients in high-income countries have changed little since the early 2000s. Understanding …

The majority of cardiovascular randomized controlled trials (RCTs) test interventions in
selected patient populations under explicitly protocol-defined settings. Although these …

Objective To summarise the evidence regarding the effectiveness of integrated care
interventions in reducing hospital activity. Design Umbrella review of systematic reviews and …

Background Many systematic reviews exist on interventions to improve safe and effective
medicines use by consumers, but research is distributed across diseases, populations and …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of remote patient monitoring
(RPM) on the outcome of chronic heart failure (HF) patients. Background: RPM via regularly …