Exercise in Patients With a Biventricular Pacemaker

Left Ventricular Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of an Exercise Program on the Tendance to Severe Arrhythmias in Patients With Severely Impaired Left Ventricular Function and Cardial Re-synchronisation Therapy

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will evaluate the effects of an exercise program (walking on a treadmill) on the physical performance, the cardiorespiratory function, the proclivity to heart arrhythmias and the quality of life of patients with severely impaired left ventricular function and a bi-ventricular resynchronization pacemaker.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Failure
• Left Ventricular Failure

• NCT number: NCT00905944
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Contact: Fernando Dimeo, MD
• Phone: +493084452098
• Email: fernando.dimeo@charite.de
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Start date: December 2009
• Completion date: December 2009