Britain, after getting nul points for its entry, sulked that the other countries were conspiring against it, perhaps punishing it for joining America in the Iraq war.
Dr. Daniel Nul, who presented the findings of the study at a briefing held at the annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, said phone intervention also leads to a smaller -- 5 percent -- reduction in mortality.
But, Nul said, the cost of this intervention is lower than the cost of patients being hospitalized, a significant point because much of the cost associated with congestive heart failure stems from patients needing to be hospitalized after they suffer setbacks.