Feasibility of the Implementation of Tools for Heart Failure Risk Prediction: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2022 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association heart failure (HF) guidelines recommended the use of multivariable risk equations to guide HF prevention. However, this strategy has not been prospectively assessed.

Objectives

The aim of the study was to determine the feasibility of risk-based prevention of HF.

Methods

The FIT-HF (Feasibility of the Implementation of Tools for Heart Failure Risk Prediction) study was a randomized controlled pilot trial. Patients with a predicted 10-year HF risk ≥5% were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive either usual care or collaborative care with a pharmacist. All participants underwent B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTn) testing and echocardiography at baseline

SUBMITTER: Wang MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280998 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature