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This is an exploratory project with the purpose to describe the responses of the right ventricle (RV) and gas exchange during exercise in patients scheduled to undergo left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant. Such information might be used to predict the likelihood of RV failure after LVAD implant. Additionally, although patients that undergo LVAD implantation have improved quality of life and survival, their exercise tolerance (although improved) remains markedly reduced compared to healthy subjects. No studies have used cardiopulmonary stress testing and echocardiography to assess cardiac function and gas exchange with LVAD implantation to determine potential factors responsible for their limited function. The aims of this study are as follows: 1. To assess the impact of right ventricle (RV) dysfunction on functional capacity before and after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant 2. To determine if the combined use of preoperative clinical, CPX and echo data can assist in predicting who will meet target improvements in functional capacity after LVAD implant.
With improve care of patients with heart failure, many patients are living longer. Care for these patients is now not only focused on mortality but also on the quality of life. Patient knowledge about heart failure and their overall compliance with the necessary lifestyle changes will lead to an improved quality of life. Discovering alternative ways to improve patient knowledge is key to long term survival. This studies objective is to assess the overall impact of video discharge instructions as compared to paper discharge instructions on Heart Failure Knowledge among an under-served patient population.
This is a multicenter, non-interventional, single arm cohort study with prospective collection of primary data via pharmacists in community pharmacies to describe adherence to sacubitril/valsartan in study patients at the end of the study. Eligible patients with newly prescribed sacubitril/valsartan will be observed in pharmaceutical routine.
Patients with heart failure are often admitted to the hospital because they have accumulated excessive amounts of fluid, they become short of breath and congested with fluid. Removing the excess fluid is necessary to improve the patients symptoms and reduce the risk of being re-admitted to the hospital. Diuretics ("water pills") are often given through an IV to accelerate the fluid removal. Furosemide is commonly used for fluid removal, however some patients do not respond well to the medication. There are other diuretics available that can work in conjunction with furosemide and increase the rate of fluid removal. The other "water pills" have slightly different mechanisms of action in the body compared to furosemide and when combined they may increase fluid removal. The investigators hypothesize that adding chlorothiazide to furosemide will result in quicker and more effective fluid removal in heart failure patients.
This study will look to implement a plan for enhanced transitional care for patients at high risk of unplanned hospital readmission in hopes of reducing their risk for readmission in the first 30 days post discharge from an inpatient encounter. Hospital readmissions are an undesirable occurrence that can increase cost for hospitals, and can cause further negative outcomes for patients. Identifying factors that increase a patient's chances of being readmitted to the hospital, as well as developing an intervention to effectively reduce this risk, has historically been challenging. Our new method uses a combination of common features such as diagnosis and length of hospital stay, with a novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, the RecuR Score model developed by the University of Maryland Medical System, that identifies patients at the highest risk of having an unplanned hospital readmission. Participants identified as higher risk will then be enrolled into our pilot where they will be randomized to receive either the standard of care treatment or an enhanced protocol that includes additional disease education, coordination of home health services, and a focus on their readmission during existing multidisciplinary team huddles. The main goal of this study is to reduce unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of initial discharge, in those most at risk of being readmitted, using the aforementioned novel methods for identifying these participants and a transitional care intervention. This success of this goal will be analyzed across different readmission risk levels in the study population. Secondary goals of this study include reducing unplanned hospital readmission within 90 days, reducing 30-day post-discharge mortality, and reducing 30- and 90-day emergency department (ED) usage after an initial hospitalization.
The primary objective of the study is to determine efficacy of metolazone as synergistic therapy with Lasix in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. This will be a multicenter double blinded randomized placebo- controlled pilot study of the addition of 5 mg of metolazone per day for 2 days compared to placebo in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure.
This study aims to investigate the effects of treatment with intravenous ferric carboxymaltose on exercise tolerance measured as VO2peak in patients with HFpEF and iron deficiency, compared to placebo.
LAAOS III Extension is a longer term follow-up of an international cohort study of patients who were enrolled in the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS III) trial.
Background: Heart failure is a serious health condition. Researchers believe inflammation plays a role. They want to see if adding an additional heart drug to a person s treatment can help treat heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Objective: To learn if chronic inflammation is high in heart failure and if taking dapagliflozin along with the standard of care medicines for 6 months will reduce inflammation and improve heart function in people with HFpEF. Eligibility: People aged 18 and older who have heart failure and qualify for dapagliflozin therapy. Healthy adult volunteers are also needed. Design: - Participants will be screened with: - Medical history - Physical exam - Heart function tests - X-ray scans of the heart and blood vessels. They may receive medicines to slow their heart rate or make their heart blood vessels bigger. An intravenous (IV) catheter will be placed in their arm to inject contrast. - Blood and urine tests - Participants will have up to 3 study visits. Some screening tests will be repeated. Participants will take one tablet of the study drug daily for 6 months. -Participants will have an imaging scan of their heart and blood vessels. They will receive a contrast and stress medicine through an IV to view blood supply. Participants will have a stress test that measures exercise ability. They will wear sticky pads on their chest, a blood pressure cuff, and a mask. They will also have a 6-Minute Walk Test. Participants will complete questionnaires about their symptoms and their health. Participants may be on the study for up to 6 months. They will have a follow-up phone call 1 month after treatment ends. ...