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Filter by:Background. Treatment with intravenous iron has been shown to improve symptoms, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and iron deficiency. However, the mechanisms underlying these beneficial effects remain unknown. SGLT2i seem to alter hematocrit and other hematological markers or iron content. This study aims to measure cardiac magnetic resonance changes in myocardial iron content and in left ventricular function after administration of intravenous iron with and without the concomitant use of SGLT2 inhibitor in patients with HFrEF and iron deficiency.
The field of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery increases all the time. Older and more fragile patients which are not suitable for major open surgery could be scheduled for robotic- assisted surgery. The peroperative anesthesiological challenges and stresses during this type of surgery could anyway be even more prominent. The extreme positioning of patients during robotic surgery in the pelvis, often 30 degrees head down tilting (Trendelenburg positioning), should increase the work load of the heart significantly. There are no studies concerning fragile patients with heart failure during these conditions. In this study the circulatory effects in patients with normal heart function and preexisting heart failure will be studied during robotic surgery in extreme Trendelenburg positioning During surgery the work load and performance of the heart will be monitored using an esophageal doppler and optical spectrophotometry measuring regional saturation of the brain. This study can identify patients at risk of developing critical circulatory failure during this type of surgery.
A clinical trial of exercise-similar heart rate acceleration delivered via cardiac pacing vs. sham intervention in subjects at rest will be performed. The study population comprises subjects with guideline-directed medically managed severe left ventricular dysfunction due to ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and an existing implantable cardioverter defibrillator or biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The purpose of the study is to understand how the heart rate pattern of exercise contributes to the considerable cardiac conditioning effects of exercise and estimate whether the pacing approach may have translational clinical applicability. Fifty-two subjects will be randomized, single-blinded, to either the pacing intervention or a sham intervention which they will receive once daily, 3 days/week for 6 weeks. Baseline symptoms and clinical test results will be compared to the same measures at 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 6 weeks of intervention/sham and at 3 months and one-year post-intervention. The primary endpoint will be the change in left ventricular ejection fraction from baseline in intervention vs. sham groups (mixed effects linear regression with time and treatment arm as fixed effects and pre-specified covariates of sex and cardiomyopathy type as random effects). Secondary endpoints will include changes in quality of life, 6-minute walk distance, cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) measures, daily activity and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) at 3 and 12 months between pacing and sham groups. A "dose-response" analysis of outcomes at 2, 4, and 6 weeks of the intervention vs. sham compared with baseline will be performed.
In pilot studies the investigators have shown that subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) from patients with reduced ejection fraction heart failure (HFrEF) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is dysfunctional. Endothelial cells from the adipose tissue from these patients are senescent and have deleterious effects on healthy human subcutaneous adipocytes, including increasing expression of IL-6 (gene and protein) and reducing glucose uptake. Digoxin, a well-established treatment for HFrEF, selectively clears these senescent endothelial cells and prevents adipocyte dysfunction. This study will examine the effect of digoxin on adipose tissue on the burden of senescent cells.
We will enroll 150 adult participants with systolic heart failure into the ADHERE-HF trial. The study will randomize participants in a 1:2 fashion to usual care or usual care plus the American Heart Association's Digital Solution for 90 days. This wearable device and careplan package is hypothesized to improve rates of guideline directed heart failure medical care for participants.
The goal of this randomized, controlled, open-label, interventional study is to evaluate whether, in patients with heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency (ID), the administration of vitamin D in combination with sucrosomial iron is as effective as intravenous ferric carboxymaltose in improving symptoms of HF. The main hypothesis which the study aims to test is the non-inferiority of sucrosomial iron (± vitamin D) compared with FCM treatment, after 24 weeks. Primary endpoint: the performance of the Six-Minute Walking Test, comparing the mean difference from baseline of the distance walked by patients in meters. Participants will be evaluated in outpatient scheduled visits at 6, 12 and 24 weeks, performing blood tests, clinical evaluation, instrumental investigations and recording any adverse events, cardiovascular events, re-hospitalizations and fractures. The study will involve randomization into 3 groups with a 1:1:1 ratio: 1. Control group [standard of care]: administration of FCM (Ferinject®) with a dose between 500 and 2000 mg (depending on body weight and hemoglobin values), to be administered in 1 or 2 doses (time 0 ± 6 weeks) with possible additional administration of 500 mg at week 12 in case of persistent ID. 2. Sucrosomial iron group: administration of sucrosomial iron (SiderAl Forte®) at a dose of 60 mg (2 tablets) once a day for 24 weeks. 3. Sucrosomial iron and vitamin D group: administration of sucrosomial iron (SiderAl Forte®) at a dose of 60 mg (2 tablets) once daily + vitamin D3 (100,000 IU load at time 0, then 2,000 IU daily) for 24 weeks
The objective of the study is to determine the efficacy of repeated infusions of levosimendan in the group of outpatients with advanced systolic heart failure (HF).
The focus of this study is to investigate the use of Dapagliflozin in HFrEF (NYHA II-IV) patients with or without diabetes who have CardioMEMS® implanted to assess the impact on pulmonary artery pressure measurements after 12 weeks of therapy.
In general, anemia is associated with a greater presence of HF symptoms, worsening NYHA functional class, higher rate of hospitalization for heart failure, and reduced survival. However, it is unclear whether anemia is the cause of decreased survival or a marker for more advanced disease. Correction of iron deficiency in patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or III HF using intravenous iron (Ferinject®) improved "overall patient self-assessment" and NYHA functional class of 6-minute walk and health-related quality of life) in the FAIR-HF trial. It is unknown if iron deficiency is correlated with intra-myocardial iron load as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and if the treatment with intravenous iron has any impact on intra-myocardial iron load and left ventricular function. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of intravenous iron replacement on intra-myocardial iron deposits and the effect on left ventricular function. Because it is a pilot study with few data in the literature, it is planned to use an initial sample of 20 patients. We aim to evaluate the global ventricular function, the iron load by the T2 * method, the cardiac strain, the "Fiddle" and the "Fat water" of each patient by CMR. After this examination, patients will undergo intravenous infusion of 1g of Ferric Carboxymaltose (Ferinject®). A comparative analysis of the ejection fraction values at the beginning and at the end of the study by CMR will be performed, in addition to a clinical reassessment. The inclusion criteria will be: Patients older than 18 years, with iron deficiency and reduced ejection fraction defined as: serum ferritin <100 μg / L or with ferritin 100-299 μg / L with transferrin saturation <20 %; Hemoglobin <12g / dL in women and <13g / dL in men; Clinical stability in the last 3 months; Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40% assessed by transthoracic echocardiography or CMR in the last 3 months. The exclusion criteria will be: patients with preserved ejection fraction (> 50%), pregnant women, refusal to participate in the present study, implantable pacemaker or implantable defibrillator incompatible with MRI, cerebral cerebral aneurysm clip and/or intracerebral or intraocular metal fragments, electronic cochlear implants, patients with claustrophobia, patients with clinical or hemodynamic instability and patients with indication for blood transfusion (Hb ≤ 7g / dL).
Magnetic Resonance Image guided delivery of Left and Right Ventricular Leads to optimal myocardial targets will result in improved clinical response to CRT using Left Ventricular remodeling criteria.