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Filter by:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is strongly recommended for patients with coronary heart disease. However, patient enrollment and completion of cardiac rehabilitation is low. This study will examine if a mobile phone intervention that uses a text messaging program can successfully promote participation in cardiac rehabilitation.
The primary objective of the study was to compare the effect of sotagliflozin to placebo on total occurrences of cardiovascular (CV) death, hospitalization for heart failure [HHF], and urgent visit for heart failure [HF] in participants with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors, and moderate to severely impaired renal function.
The study is designed to collect data on LV latency in CRT-D patients by the CRT-D and compare measurements to 12-lead ECG data
Half of heart failure patients have preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Like patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), HFpEF patients suffer from exercise intolerance (low VO2max), which reduces physical function, quality of life, and survival. Strikingly, there is no medication proven to increase survival for HFpEF patients. Whereas exercise intolerance in HFrEF patients is the result of cardiovascular limitations, physical dysfunction in HFpEF patients is largely the result of peripheral abnormalities in skeletal muscle. Indeed, research in HFpEF patients identified that physical function and VO2peak are directly related to leg lean mass, and drugs focused on improving cardiovascular function have failed to improve VO2peak. Unfortunately, no therapy has been identified for this population that can concurrently improve cardiovascular and muscle health. The need for improved muscle therapies is reinforced by the fact that HFpEF patients are commonly older adults who are predisposed to muscle wasting. Strategic essential amino acid (EAA) ingestion has been shown to improve the adaptive response of muscle to exercise. Therefore, the investigators will determine, in HFpEF patients, the extent to which ingesting a strategic mixture of EAAs during an acute aerobic exercise training program enhances the response to this exercise strategy.
IMPROVE RESPONSE is a physician initiated research study. It is a prospective, non-randomized, multi-center, post-market, U.S. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in heart failure (HF) observational study. The purpose of this clinical study is to test the hypothesis that market-released CRT devices, which contain the AdaptivCRT (aCRT) algorithm have an incremental benefit in improving CRT response in a chronic CRT non responder population with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and normal atrio-ventricular (AV) condition compared to CRT devices with traditional biventricular pacing delivery methods at generator replacement.
Primary Objectives: - Assess the safety and tolerability of sotagliflozin in hemodynamically stable participants with worsening of heart failure, compared to placebo. - Estimate the effects of sotagliflozin on plasma volume changes in hemodynamically stable participants with worsening of heart failure, compared to placebo. Secondary Objectives: - Explore the effect of sotagliflozin on erythropoiesis, as assessed by changes in plasma erythropoietin levels, in hemodynamically stable participants with worsening of heart failure, compared to placebo. - Explore the effect of sotagliflozin on changes in plasma N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels, in hemodynamically stable participants with worsening of heart failure, compared to placebo.
The purpose of this study is test the safety and tolerability of BMS-986224 and its effects on the body in healthy subjects and subjects with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of ascending single (Part A) and ascending multiple (Part B) doses of AMG 986 in healthy adults and of ascending multiple oral doses of AMG 986 in heart failure patients (Part C).
Purpose. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether lung ultrasound, in addition to physical examination, leads to a reduction of the admission rate for acute decompensated heart failure of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) followed in the outpatients heart failure clinic. Methods. This is a prospective randomized study. The planned sample size consists of 440 patients with chronic HF. The inclusion criteria are: (1) male and female aged between 18 and 90 years (2) signed written informed consent (3) history of HF for at least six months, (4) left ventricular ejection fraction < 45%, (5) adequate medical therapy for HF for at least two months. The exclusion criteria are: (1) concomitant enrollment in other clinical studies, or treatment with experimental drugs or devices within 30 days of clinical assessment, (2) inability to undergo to the planned follow-up and procedures (3) documented pulmonary infections (3) interstitial lung disease and class 4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to GOLD classification. Patients are randomized in two groups: group A, patients undergoing to lung ultrasound and physical examination; and group B, patients undergoing to physical examination only. Patients are evaluated at baseline and after three months with medical history, Quality of Life test, physical examination, blood sample for hematochemical (creatinine, electrolytes, BNP/NTpro-BNP). The diuretic therapy is then optimized according to the presence and severity of B-lines in group A and physical examination in group B. Only patients enrolled in group A undergo to a lung ultrasound examination to assess the extent of pulmonary congestion, through its evidence of B-lines. B-lines originate from the contrast between air-filled structures and water-thickened pulmonary interlobular septa. This leads to linear echogenic vertical artefacts that spread from the pleural layers downwards in the screen. The ultrasound examination is performed with a handheld echocardiography device. The physician carries out a scan of the pulmonary fields, from basal towards mid and apical fields, through the midaxillary line while the patient lies supine. The quantification of B-lines is performed according to their extent over the lung fields. All the information are recorded in dedicated forms. The results are evaluated according to the following criteria. The primary end-point is a significant reduction of hospitalizations for acute decompensated HF in group A during the follow-up period. The secondary end-points are changes of NT-proBNP values, quality of life test (QLT) score and cardiac mortality.
Nearly 80% of acute heart failure (AHF) patients admitted to the hospital are initially treated in the emergency department (ED). Once admitted, within 30 days post-discharge, 27% of patients are re-hospitalized or die. Attempts to improve outcomes with novel therapies have all failed. The evidence for existing AHF therapies are poor: No currently used AHF treatment is known to improve outcomes. ED treatment is largely the same today as 40 years ago. Congestion, such as difficulty breathing, weight gain, and leg swelling, is the primary reason why patients present to the hospital for AHF. Treating congestion is the cornerstone of AHF management. Yet half of all AHF patients leave the hospital inadequately decongested. Although it is the investigators' belief patients are often inadequately decongested in the ED, it is common teaching within emergency medicine to focus on vasodilators and avoid or minimize diuretics, especially in those patients with elevated blood pressure. This practice is largely driven by retrospective analyses or small studies suggesting vasodilators are efficacious and IV loop diuretics may be associated with harm. The evidence base to guide early ED management is poor, and the AHA/ACC guidelines provide little to no guidance for ED treatment. This reflects the lack of high quality data, a critical unmet need that the investigators will address in this study. Using clearance of LUS B-lines as the study endpoint, the investigators will study whether a diuretic intense vs. nitrate intense strategy achieves better decongestion. Although nearly two decades old, a small study of 100 patients suggested a nitrate intense strategy led to better outcomes in AHF patients with pulmonary edema when compared with a diuretic intense strategy. The investigators aim to perform a small pilot study, in hypertensive patients (SBP > 140mmHg) to test such a strategy to inform a larger, more definitive multicenter randomized trial.