Study finds follow-up vital after heart-failure patients leave hospital Global Times Heart failure patients who see a doctor in the first month after leaving hospital are more than 10 percent less likely to die or suffer a new emergency than those who do not, a Canadian study has found. The study, published earlier this week in the ... The better heart failure patients know docs, the better their survival rates Returning To Visit Doctor After Hospital Stay Pays Off After Heart Failure ... Physician continuity important in reducing HF outcomes |