Clinical Trial: Facilitated Access to Optimized Treatment and Clinical Follow-Up for Elderly Patients by the Internal Medicine Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic - a Randomized Multicenter Prospective Study

U.S., June 28 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07040995) titled 'Facilitated Access to Optimized Treatment and Clinical Follow-Up for Elderly Patients by the Internal Medicine Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic - a Randomized Multicenter Prospective Study' on Sept. 05, 2024.

Brief Summary: Research problem and specific questions:

Due to lack of resources and an increasingly heavy burden placed on the primary care system, most of heart failure (HF) patients don't receive a swift follow-up according to guideline recommendations. Our study aims to investigate if a structured and swift follow-up at a dedicated internal medicine HF out-patient clinic (IM-HF)) for older adults with HF post hospital disch...