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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to measure impedance during inpatient treatment.
The purpose of this study is to obtain data or information on how blood clotting factors are activated during open heart surgery. In particular, the investigators are interested in how blood clotting factors are activated by the heart-lung bypass machine and by left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). Patients on these two machines have an increased risk of bleeding and blood clot formation. This is because both machines stimulate the intrinsic coagulation pathway, one of the chemical pathways that cause blood to clot. The process of surgery itself also stimulates the "extrinsic coagulation pathway," the other chemical pathway that causes blood to clot. Stimulating these coagulation pathways can use up the body's clotting factors. As a result, patients may be at risk for both bleeding and blood clot formation. The investigators would like to study how the blood factors are activated during and after surgery, to help develop treatments to prevent bleeding and clot formation.
The purpose of this study is to provide information on how the practicing of diaphragmatic breathing retraining (DBR) for 8-week at home may improve the health outcomes and encourage heart failure patients to engage in health-promoting activities by successfully controlling their shortness of breath (dyspnea).
The AdOPT Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) study is an acute, prospective, multi-center, non-randomized investigational study designed to compare indices of cardiac function at device settings optimized using the investigational Adaptive CRT (aCRT) algorithm versus nominal programming. The comparison will be performed during rest, atrial pacing and sub-maximal exercise. AdOPT CRT is a sub study of the Adaptive CRT Study (NTC00980057) being conducted in Europe.
The purpose of the research is to determine if patients have fewer Heart Failure (HF) events after receiving Aquapheresis (AQ) therapy compared to intravenous (IV) diuretics up to 90 days of discharge from the hospital. Heart Failure events are defined as returning to the hospital, clinic or emergency department (ED) for treatment of HF symptoms.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a modification of the diet of malnourished patients admitted for heart failure is beneficial in term of mortality,hospitalizations and quality of life.
Evaluate the efficacy and safety of testosterone supplementation on functional capacity, biomarkers, quality of life and clinical outcomes for patients with heart failure.
The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects (good and bad) of ultrafiltration treatment with standard intravenous (in your vein) diuretic therapy (furosemide, torsemide, bumetanide) on your heart function and blood flow.
Continuous right ventricular (RV) pacing demonstrates harm in patients with normal left ventricular (LV) function as well as in patients with cardiomyopathy and clinical heart failure. However, little is known about RV pacing in patients with advanced heart failure treated with an implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The univentricular support provided by contemporary continuous flow LVAD's has improved outcomes for many advanced heart failure patients, yet the incidence of RV failure in the early post-operative period following implantation is associated with significantly reduced survival and increased length of stay. Acute LVAD unloading of the left ventricle has adverse effects on RV shape and size that contribute to post-operative RV failure. By promoting RV synchrony, RV overdrive pacing may counteract these adverse mechanical alterations, improving RV systolic function and ultimately LVAD function. The investigators will recruit all patients referred for an implantable, continuous flow LVAD at Duke University Medical Center who have an existing implantable dual-chamber cardioverter-defibrillator. Patients will be prospectively randomized into two cohorts to compare continuous right ventricular pacing vs. native ventricular conduction at equivalent heart rates. Multiple clinical outcomes will be examined over a two week period post-operatively including invasive hemodynamics, vasoactive medication use, end-organ function, RV function by Echocardiography as well as patient symptoms and functional status.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of 99mTc maraciclatide scintigraphy in diabetic subjects with HFPEF. A maximum of 20 subjects with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Heart Failure With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (HFPEF) will be enrolled and imaged with 99mTc maraciclatide. In addition, a maximum of 10 subjects with DM and diastolic dysfunction but no diagnosis of heart failure (HF) will be enrolled and imaged with 99mTc-maraciclatide.