Introduction: The care pathway for heart failure HF patients is poorly documented in sub-Saharan Africa. A multidisciplinary management reduces hospitalizations and mortality. In our context of frequent rehospitalization of heart failure patients, the objective of this study was to analyse the post-hospital follow-up health care.
Methods: We conducted a prospective study in the medical department of a Heart Institute from January 1 st to December 31, Patients over 18 years of age, hospitalized for heart failure, consenting and followed up on an outpatient basis for 2 years were included. Results: We collected patients hospitalized for HF.
The mean age was During the post-hospitalizati on follow-up, patients who were regularly followed up represented Patients were not followed up by the usual practitioner Only 94 patients had undergone a cardiovascular rehabilitation programme, of which The rates of decompensation The probability of survival was higher in patients regularly monitored than in those irregularly monitored.
Conclusion: The organisation of care and coordination between professionals should be structured or plan n ed. Therapeutic strategies need to be intensified in order to optimise their long-term benefits.
Heart failure HF is the inability of the heart to provide, the blood flow necessary for the metabolic and functional needs of the various organs under normal conditions, with unincreased upstream venous pressures. It is the complication of many cardiovascular diseases. It is a public health problem. Over the last three decades, major advances in the drug renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the sympathetic system blocking and non-drug electrical, interventional and surgical treatment management of HF have contributed to a reduction in overall morbidity and mortality [1].
