ALERT-HF: Adherence to Guidelines in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Federico II University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Heart Failure

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01813331

161/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

ALERT-HF is an observational study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic criteria adopted and the adherence to the current therapeutic guidelines in a large series of patients affected with chronic heart failure. Secondary objective is to evaluate the prevalence of chronic heart failure among all the patients referring to the ambulatory cardiologists of the healthcare district.

Enrollment: 660 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Heart Failure
• Signature of informed consent
• Age older than 65 years

Exclusion criteria

• indication for cardiac surgery or cardiac surgery by less than 3 months
• age less than 65 years
• inability to perform periodic checks
• presence of malignant neoplasms and other severe diseases.

Trial design

660 participants in 1 patient group

Chronic Heart Failure Patients

Description:

Chronic Heart Failure patients older than 65 years, which accept to participate to the study and give their informed written consent and consecutively refer to the A.R.C.A Campania Cardiologists in the pertaining healthcare districts.