How to Prevent Heart Failure Readmission by Using Lung Impedance Device (HOPE-HF Study)

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2021-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The readmission of Heart Failure (HF) patients for exacerbation HF within 30-day is unmet goal. The mail reason for readmission is excessive accumulation of fluid in patient's lung. According our data (1,2) around 40% of HF patient have excessive lung fluid at discharge from HF hospitalization ("unacceptable" residual congestion on discharge). In other words, around 40% patients are discharged from HF hospitalization prematurely when they are not ready to be discharged. Only 60% of HF patients are discharged from HF admission with "acceptable" level of residual pulmonary congestion (2). There are some techniques to assess "readiness" of HF patients for discharge. Pulmonary congestion (lung fluid accumulation) may be assessed non-invasively by measurement Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP), (3,4), by lung ultrasound (LUS), (5-7) and by Lung Impedance (LI) method (1,2). LUS is operator depended technique. LI and BNP techniques are most reliable methods (2) and easy to use.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
• Treatments: Diuretics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute Heart Failure Patients Prior to Hospital Discharge

Exclusion Criteria:

• No Cardiac Resynchronization Device Implanted During Current Hospitalization

• Estimated glomerular filtrating rate (GFR) less than 30 ml/min