Procedures
NICC: The care centre, available 24/7, was the core of the NICC structure with a central platform for information sharing, care coordination, and patient monitoring. This platform enabled patients, on one side, to provide information from home and care providers, on the other side, to regularly assess the patient’s situation, reviewing their therapy and making adjustments, as necessary, according to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) [Before study started, the communication between primary care physicians, medical specialists like cardiologists, and the centre was precisely defined using workflows and care pathways, the main communication tools being telephone calls, faxes, and secured messaging via the platform, depending on respective preferences. Treatment based on NICC ended at 12 months post-randomisation, which was followed by long-term follow-up over another 4 years.SoC: These patients were treated and followed through conventional consultations with adherence to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) [