Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness in Chronic Heart Failure (CASA) Trial

Inclusion Criteria

• •Age 18 years of age or older
• •Able to read and understand English
• •Consistent access to a telephone
• •Patients have a primary care or other provider who is willing to facilitate intervention medical recommendations
• •A diagnosis of heart failure with at least one of the following:
• •\[hospitalization primarily for heart failure in the year prior (including current); taking at least 20 mg oral furosemide (or equivalent) daily in a single or divided dose; Brain natriuretic peptide(BNP) ≥ 100 or N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP) ≥ 500; EF≤40%\]
• •Report a low health status (KCCQ-SF≤70)
• •Bothered by at least one target symptom:
• •\[Pain; Depression; Fatigue; Breathlessness\]