Publications by authors named "Simona Virciglio"
Purpose: Consensus exits about the clinical benefits of an early referral to multidisciplinary Heart Failure Unit-HFU for old frail patients with HF. Nevertheless, few data are present regarding the prognosis and the predictors of outcome in oldest-old patients managed in this clinical setting. The aim of present study is to identify predictors of 1-year all-cause mortality in very old patients enrolled in our multidisciplinary HFU after an episode of acute decompensated HF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate 6-month risk stratification capacity of the newly developed TeleHFCovid19-Score for remote management of older patients with heart failure (HF) during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Design: Monocentric observational prospective study.
Setting And Participants: Older HF outpatients remotely managed during the first pandemic wave.
Article Synopsis
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the heart failure outpatient clinic had to cancel in-person visits for around 150 patients, prompting the establishment of a telephone follow-up system.
- A standardized 23-item questionnaire was created to assess various aspects of patient health, resulting in the development of the Covid-19-HF score, which helps evaluate clinical stability and risk levels.
- The study presents findings from the first 30 patients who underwent this telephone follow-up over four weeks, detailing their initial health status and any significant health events during this period.