European journal of heart failure
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Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Dec 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial'Hospital at home' care model as an effective alternative in the management of decompensated chronic heart failure.
The 'Hospital at home' (HaH) model avoids hospital admission by transferring healthcare and treatment to the patient's home. We aimed to compare the effectiveness and direct healthcare costs of treating elderly patients with decompensated heart failure (HF) using HaH care vs. inpatient hospital care (IHC) in a cardiology unit. ⋯ Hospital at home care allows an important reduction in the costs during the index episode compared with hospital care, whilst maintaining similar outcomes with respect to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and quality of life at 1 year follow-up.
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Eur. J. Heart Fail. · Dec 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialEffect of simvastatin vs. rosuvastatin on adiponectin and haemoglobin A1c levels in patients with non-ischaemic chronic heart failure.
To compare the effects of lipophilic simvastatin and hydrophilic rosuvastatin on plasma adiponectin and glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in patients with non-ischaemic chronic heart failure (NICHF). ⋯ These findings suggest that hydrophilic rosuvastatin but not lipophilic simvastatin increases adiponectin and decreases HbA1c levels in patients with NICHF.