Monitoring Oedema in Heart Failure to Improve Function and Reduce Hospitalisation Risk

Device installed in the patient's home and capturing foot volume data which are processed in the cloud.

Patients with heart failure are advised to weigh daily and to report weight increase to their clinician. They should also report changes in breathlessness, tiredness and other symptoms associated with heart failure decompensation. At the start of the study, they will be reminded (or told) about the importance of self-checks and will be handed a patient booklet (from the British Heart Foundation) to standardise patients' knowledge.

Patients are presented with one or more optional questionnaires (some validated, some bespoke)

The Heartfelt device sends alerts on the active comparator arm to the patients directly (audio-visual alert on the device, and app alerts), carers and/or medical professionals.