Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
1:NO
2:NO
Sponsors
Southern Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The experimental group: 40-80 years old, with symptoms of heart failure (NYHA cardiac function grade II - IV) more than 3 months, EF = 35% or 35<EF = 40% and heart function IV grade, which was divided into two subgroups of ischemic heart failure group and non ischemic heart failure group). Drugs for the treatment of heart failure include diuretics, ACEI, ARB, digoxin, aspirin, and lipid-lowering drugs. The control group : 40-80 years old, no symptoms of heart failure (NYHA cardiac function grade I, EF = 60%).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The experimental group exclusion criteria: acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cancer, infectious diseases and other serious diseases affecting life. Heart failure secondary to other diseases or alcohol abuse; plan and execute the heart transplantation or angioplasty, implantation planning or coronary artery bypass surgery or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the past 4 months; unstable patients with heart failure (pulmonary edema, peripheral blood vessel perfusion). Control group exclusion criteria: acute, chronic heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cancer, infectious diseases and other serious diseases affecting life.
Design outcomes
Primary
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Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactMinsheng Chen
Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University
Outcome results
None listed