Abstract
Heart Failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in Western World, producing the highest number of hospitalizations in patients over 65 years. These continuous hospitalizations generate high costs to the health system. Studies point out that multidisciplinary post-discharge treatment programs, i.e. telemonitoring or structured telephone support, can avoid a large portion of readmissions related to HF, with benefit also in mortality, length of hospital stay and quality of life. Considering the impact of telemonitoring in HF, this paper aims to identifying the different world opinions and recommendations of the participants in the management, treatment and monitoring of HF. This purpose is achieved by studying the different HF consensuses. From this study it was possible to detect a number of aspects (parameters to be monitored, health education) that should be considered when a telemonitoring system for HF patients is designed.
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