Organized Program To Initiate Lifesaving Treatment In Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF)
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-06-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This program is designed to improve medical care and education of hospitalized patients with
heart failure and accelerate the initiation of evidence-based heart failure guideline
recommended therapies by administering them before hospital discharge. A registry component
focusing on admission to discharge and 60- to 90-day follow-up is designed to evaluate the
demographic, pathophysiologic, clinical, treatment, and outcome characteristics of patients
hospitalized with heart failure.