View clinical trials related to HF - Heart Failure.
Filter by:The project is dedicated to the improvement of our capability to provide a precise and personalized prognosis in heart failure (HF) patients in stable conditions. The Metabolic Exercise test data combined with Cardiac and Kidney Indexes (MECKI) score is one of the 3 HF prognostic models recommended by the 2021 European HF guidelines and it is considered the most powerful prognostic tool available. MECKI score integrates cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) data with easy-to-obtain clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic variables. It is based on 6 parameters: peak oxygen intake (peakVO2), minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production (VE/VCO2 slope), hemoglobin (Hb), Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction (LVEF), kidney function by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula, and sodium (Na+). The aim of the present project is to assess the day-by-day MECKI score variability, CPET parameters interobserver variability, characterization of HF patients who change MECKI score values in 6 and 12 months, and the prognostic meaning of time dependent MECKI score changes.
Observational study using in vivo noninvasive 31 phosphor magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) to quantify the effect of iron deficiency (ID) on skeletal oxidative metabolism in patients with chronic heart failure (HF).
An acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction occurs due to occlusion of one or more coronary arteries, causing transmural myocardial ischemia which in turn results in myocardial injury or necrosis. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may lead to the development of heart failure (HF). Accessible diagnostic tools commonly used in HF such as natriuretic peptides and (NYHA) classification reflect already overt clinical HF. Troponin and creatine kinase reflect myocardial damage, but their usefulness in predicting long-term LVR is limited. Recent guidelines on HF management stressed that HF onset may be delayed or prevented through certain Interventions, such as pharmacotherapy ,post infarction rehabilitation, or modification of HF risk factors. Therefore, it is important to identify potential markers, which would be more informative of HF preclinical stages to recognize patients with an increased risk of HF onset, and to start treatment in advance (1) Gal-3 participates in inflammation and pro fibrotic pathways, while sST2 is a biomarker of inflammation, cardiac mechanical strain, and tissue fibrosis, both of which may predict LVR (2). sST is a biomarker of inflammation, cardiac mechanical strain, and tissue fibrosis(3). B_type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is elevated in acute myocardial infarction and is a quantitative biochemical marker related to the extent of infarction and left ventricular systolic dysfunction(4).
This is a single-center, non-randomzied pilot study investigating a combination of targeted therapies as possible treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The study interviention is a Low-Dose, Triple Polydiuretic Therapy (LDTPT, or polydiuretic) including loop diuretic (bumetanide), mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (eplerenone), and Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) therapy (dapaglifozin).