Table 3.

Rehospitalization (values are presented as mean ± SD and n (%))

Rehospitalization	Patients (n = 2340)	% (per patient)	Event protocol
Necessary rehospitalization
Severe pericardial effusion	19	0.8	1A
Severe pleural effusion	24	1.0	2A, 2B
Heart rhythm disorders	33	1.4	3A, 3B, 3C
Cardiac ischemia	8	0.3	4
Stroke	5	0.2	5
Renal failure	10	0.4	6
Cardiac decompensation	18	0.7	7
INR value disorder	6	0.2	15B
COVID‐19 infection	5	0.2	8
Sternal/wound healing problem	16	0.6	9A
n (total)	144	6.1
Prevention of unnecessary repeat admissions*
Severe pain		% (per RME)
Hypertensive attack	2228	2.8	10
Low blood pressure	687	0.9	11A
Severe dyspnea	294	0.4	11B
Asymptomatic pericardial and pleural	576	0.7	12
Effusions	242	0.3	1B
Secretion at the wound site	191	0.2	9B
Lower extremity edema	14,822	0.2	13
Allergic reaction	332	0.02	14
Sinus tachycardia	198	0.4	3B
Atrial fibrillation	106	0.2	3A
INR value disorder		0.1	15A
n (total)	5024	6.3

Abbreviations: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; INR, International Normalized Ratio (for prothrombin time); RME, Remote Medical Evaluation of Telemedicine Team; SD, standard deviation.

^*More than one medical event in the same patient was included in the calculation.