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Ventricular-Vascular Coupling in Heart Failure

NCT00207220 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2007-11-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the hypothesis that increases in ventricular-vascular stiffness can be demonstrated by arterial tonometry and echocardiography in subjects with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HF-nlEF)(i.e. normal left ventricular function.) We will also track changes in pulsatile hemodynamics over time in subjects hospitalized with HF-nlEF.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

arterial tonometry

used to determine peripheral arterial vascular tone by measuring blood pressure waveforms via a probe attached to the finger.

PROCEDURE

echocardiography

ultrasound test using sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Creager, M.D. · Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • Akshay S. Desai, M.D. · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Completion
2007-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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