RESICARD: East Paris network for the management of heart failure: absence of effect on mortality and rehospitalization in patients with severe heart failure admitted following severe decompensation.

Background: Heart failure presents a major public health problem due to its high prevalence and the increasing number of hospital admissions for this condition. A coordinated healthcare network involving general practitioners and cardiologists was set up in the east of Paris in an effort to improve the management and outcomes of patients with severe heart failure.

Aims: To reinforce patient education, improve compliance with medications and identify symptoms requiring treatment modification.