Survival and hospitalization in a nurse-led domiciliary intervention for elderly heart failure patients.

Aim: Heart failure in the elderly population represents a complex clinical situation associated with frequent hospitalizations and numerous comorbidities. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of a domiciliary-based nurse-led strategy in a group of very elderly patients affected by heart failure who were regularly seen at an outpatient heart failure clinic (HFC).

Methods: Patients were periodically assessed in their homes by two trained nurses under supervision of the cardiologists of the HFC.