Latest study presented at ESC congress 2019 suggested that, home-based and personalized education avoids hospitalization in atrial fibrillation patients.About 627 atrial fibrillation patients were allocated to receive education at home, which focused on the management of future atrial fibrillation episodes, importance of medicines in managing symptoms and risk of stroke, and role of lifestyle modification. After two years of follow-up the study concluded that education delivered in a structured and individualized way in the patient’s home has a dramatic impact on hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation as well as on other cardiovascular hospitalization.
Source: European Society of Cardiology