Patients with heart failure NYHA \>= II receiving non-emergent non-cardiac in-patient surgery will be randomized to receive either standard post-operative care (surgeon has to ask actively for specialist cardiological support) or a nurse-based heart failure management (nurses provide week-day support every day after surgery, if needed together with a heart failure doctor)
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composite endpoint of in-hospital heart failure-related complications (readmission on ICU, re-initiation of inotropic support, pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pneumonia requiring antibiotic treatment, non-invasive or invasive ventilation)
Timeframe: 30 days