Older patients hospitalized due to heart failure in the US were cared for with frequent outpatient clinic visits before and after heart failure hospitalization, regardless of whether they had transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), according to a new study published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.
The majority of patients had at least 1 clinic visit with a cardiologist.
The study also reported that the frequency of outpatient clinic visits and access to subspecialty clinics were especially high for patients with ATTR-CM and heart failure.
“Continued efforts are needed to ensure that these high volumes of clinic visits are efficiently utilized to deliver high-value care, including optimization of medical therapies proven to improve patient outcomes,” the authors wrote.