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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00953953
Date of registration: 05/08/2009
Primary sponsor: Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Public title: Study of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure Patients
Scientific title: Study of the Phenomenon of Dynamic Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure Patients and Its Clinical Significance.
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00953953
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Darshak Karia, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

ACUTELY DECOMPENSATED SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients over the age of 18 and able to consent

- NYHA Class III or IV

- EF= 35%

- Diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure exacerbation by history or physical
examination

- Ability to understand and willing to sign informed consent

- Willingness to follow-up for clinic visits at 30 days and 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pacemaker

- Patients requiring and willing to sign informed consent

- Unwillingness to provide consent

CHRONIC HEART FAILURE on DIALYSIS GROUP

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients over the age of 18 and able to consent

- NYHA Class II, III, or IV

- EF = 35% with a screening echocardiogram

- Ability to understand and willing to sign informed consent

- Willingness to follow up at 30 days and 6 months via phone contact

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unwillingness to provide consent

- Pacemaker

AMBULATORY CHRONIC HEART FAILURE GROUP

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients over the age of 18 and able to consent

- NYHA Class II and III with an EF = 35%

- Diagnosis of chronic heart failure and currently on optimal medical therapy,
including ACE, or ARB, beta-blockers and diuretics including spironolactone

- Ability to understand and willing to sign informed consent

- Willingness to follow up as an outpatient at 30 days and 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Incapable of taking the 6-minute walk test due to any condition unrelated to heart
failure

- Patients requiring chronic inotrope therapy

- Pacemaker

- Symptoms of angina limiting exercise ability

- Unwillingness to provide consent

ACUTELY DECOMPENSATED DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE GROUP

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients over the age of 18 and able to consent

- NYHA Class III or IV

- EF = 45%

- Diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure exacerbation by history or physical
examination

- Ability to understand and willing to sign informed consent

- Willingness to follow-up for clinic visits at 30 days and 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pacemaker

- Patients requiring inotrope support on admission

- Unwillingness to provide consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Heart Failure
Intervention(s)
Device: Phillips ultrasound system
Primary Outcome(s)
Acutely Decompensated Diastolic Heart Failure Group: Assess the incidence of change in dyssynchrony at admission and prior to discharge during acutely decompensated diastolic heart failure exacerbation hospitalization [Time Frame: 6 months]
Acutely Decompensated Systolic HF Group:Assess the incidence of change in dyssynchrony at admission and prior to discharge during acute decompensated heart failure exacerbation hospitalization [Time Frame: 6 months]
Ambulatory Chronic Heart Failure Patients Group: Assess the incidence of change in dyssynchrony at rest and during peak exercise in Chronic Heart failure patients. [Time Frame: 6 months]
Chronic Heart Failure on Dialysis Group: Assess the incidence of change in dyssynchrony before, during, and after dialysis [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
All four arms: Determine the change of dyssynchrony [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
HN 3052
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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