Heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation benefit from remote patient management: insights from the TIM-HF2 trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent comorbidity in patients with heart failure (HF). HF patients with AF are characterized by high morbidity and increased risk of hospitalizations. We assessed the effects of remote patient management (RPM) in HF patients with AF compared with usual care (UC) in the TIM-HF2 trial.

Methods and results

For this post-hoc analysis, AF status at randomization was assessed in 1537 patients with HF. The primary outcome was the percentage of days lost due to unplanned cardiovascular hospital admissions or death of any cause. Around 966 patients had sinus rhythm (SR) and 571 had AF. The analysis showed a significant interaction between heart rhythm and all-cause mortality (P for interaction = 0.001). AF patients had more days lost due to unpla

SUBMITTER: Stegmann T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524258 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature