Telemonitoring as a new heart failure treatment

There are approximately 400 thousand patients suffering from heart failure in Portugal, representing a prevalence rate of 4%. This prevalence generates high costs in terms of hospitalizations, consults, among others, as stated by the program coordinator.

“Telemonitoring can be useful in terms of patient surveillance avoiding decompensations, rehospitalizations, first time hospitalizations or even decrease mortality”.

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