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Table 6 Baseline characteristics of the CardioBBEAT study participants - Therapy

From: First outline and baseline data of a randomized, controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the health economic impact of home telemonitoring in chronic heart failure – CardioBBEAT

Characteristic

All patients n = 621

Usual care n = 319 (51 %)

Monitoring n = 302 (49 %)

p value

Medication

    

  ACE inhibitor/ARB, n (%)

577 (93)

297 (93)

280 (93)

0.974

  Beta blocker – number/total number (%)

591/620 (95)

303/319 (95)

288/301 (96)

0.826

  MR antagonist, n (%)

439 (71)

232 (73)

207 (69)

0.291

  Diuretics, n (%)

506 (82)

255 (80)

251 (83)

0.360

  Glycosides, n (%)

95 (15)

50 (16)

45 (15)

0.876

  Amiodarone, n (%)

80 (13)

48 (15)

32 (11)

0.125

  Anticoagulation, n (%)

    

   Vitamin K antagonist

231 (37)

122 (38)

109 (36)

0.637

   Other

42 (7)

24 (8)

18 (6)

0.538

Devices, n (%)

    

  Pacemaker

101 (16)

61 (19)

40 (13)

0.061

  ICD

   

0.280

   with monitoring

63 (10)

31 (10)

32 (11)

 

   without monitoring

242 (39)

134 (42)

108 (36)

 

  CRT-D

89 (14)

40 (13)

49 (16)

0.232

  1. ACE angiotensin converting enzyme, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, CRT-D cardiac resynchronization therapy combined with defibrillation ICD implantable cardioverter defibrillator, MR mineralocorticoid receptor