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Filter by:Based on recent studies demonstrating SGLT2 inhibitors' favorable effects on cardiovascular outcomes especially for heart failure, the investigators hypothesize that sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, ertugliflozin, is effective on reducing cardiac fibrosis in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy so the investigators try to examine this hypothesis in a single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled study using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). This study is a prospective, single-center, randomized, double-blind, two arm parallel group, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Patients meeting inclusion criteria without any exclusion criteria will be randomized 1:1 to ertugliflozin or placebo therapy, and cardiovascular functional assessment and clinical event follow-up will be undertaken.
Study hypotheses is that in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, reduced left atrial appendage (LAA) emptying velocities leads to LAA thrombus formation therefore a higher rate of stroke and embolism are observed even on oral anticoagulants. Therefore The left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) procedure's benefit in patients with an impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has to be investigated So the study is to assess the safety and prognosis of left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) in patients with heart failure in preventing thromboembolic events, bleeding and all-cause mortality. Patients will be divided into to groups, one group includes patients with no evidence of heart failure, and another group including patients with previous history of or with an evidence of with heart failure.
The investigators hypothesize that the airway pressures generated by High Flow Oxygen Therapy could have a beneficial impact in patients with heart failure, particularly by lowering capillary pulmonary arterial pressures. However, results compared to Non-Invasive Ventilation are difficult to predict due to the lack of data in the literature.
This study aims : To assess the frequency of heart failure in patients with end-stage renal disease on regular dialysis. To identify the risk factors of heart failure in patients with end-stage renal disease. To assess the impact of duration of dialysis on heart failure and its prognosis
Randomized trial of adult patients to study the effects of preferential left ventricular pacing on ventriculoarterial coupling of both systemic and pulmonary circulation, indices of systolic and diastolic function of both ventricles, and clinical course of patients with advances dyssynchronous heart failure.
"La Casa nel Parco" (CANP) Project is a multidisciplinary project funded by the European Union and Regione Piemonte aimed to explore innovative technology application in the care of older subjects. In this context, MONTEROSA is a monocentric randomized controlled open-label clinical trial evaluating the use of a telemonitoring/telemedicine (TM) suite (including a sphygmomanometer, pulse oximeter, weight scale, thermometer, glucometer, electrocardiograph) as a support to the routine clinical care of patients admitted to a Hospital at Home service for acute decompensated heart failure. The main objective of the study will be to evaluate the impact of TM on number of daily physician's visits. Secondary objectives will be to evaluate the impact of TM on number of daily nurse visits, on overall in-hospital mortality and on patient's and caregiver's quality of life.
This proof of concept study aims to evaluate the effects of applying ketone bodies to human atrial tissue biopsies using an atrial strips model and high resolution respirometry.
Chronic, ambulatory heart failure patients will be given ketone ester dietary supplementation to determine therapeutic efficacy, metabolic adaptation, pharmacokinetics, associated cognitive changes, and safety within this patient cohort in order to establish preliminary data to later conduct a multi-center randomized clinical trial.
This study was designed as a randomized, double blinded and placebo-controlled clinical trial. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Zhigancao Tang granule in patients with HFpEF of Qi-Yin dificiency.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well-recognized independent risk factor for heart failure (HF). Whereas the prevalence of HF in the general population is 1-4%, it reaches approximately 12% in T2DM patients. In 1972, Rubler reported a specific diabetes-associated cardiac injury called diabetic cardiomyopathy. This cardiomyopathy is defined by ventricular dysfunction occurring without coronary disease or hypertension. Diabetic cardiomyopathy is also characterized by left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, diastolic dysfunction and myocardial fibrosis. A large body of work indicates that diabetic cardiomyopathy is associated with altered cardiac energy metabolism. Indeed, in obese T2DM patients, heart lipid uptake is increased. Several studies support that free fatty acid (FFA) accumulation leads to the increased production of diacylglycerol (DAG), ceramides and reactive oxygen species (ROS), affecting cardiac insulin sensitivity and cardiac contractility. On the other hand, hyperglycemia and glucose overload have been involved in cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in the context of T2DM and obesity. The diabetic heart is simultaneously characterized by impaired insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and obvious signs of glucose overload, such as ROS and advanced glycation end-product (AGE) production as well as hexosamine pathway chronic activation. Interestingly, when comparing diabetic and nondiabetic obese patients, we previously demonstrated that hyperglycemia per se plays a central role in the impaired cardiac mitochondrial activity associated with myocardial contractile dysfunction.