heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)adult patients with CHF with moderate-to-severe chronic heart failure [New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classes II to IV. Diagnosis of heart failure was based on typical signs and symptoms and abnormal cardiac structure and function: echocardiogram shows left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) =45% (echocardiogram results within half a year) (2) Patients aged 18-75 years; (3) Patients and family members sign informed consent;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with severe comorbidity (pericardial effusion, constrictive pericarditis and other extra-cardiac diseases, Malignant tumor, severe liver and kidney insufficiency, severe blood disease), functional or cognitive impairment, participate in any other relevant research, unwilling to join this study, and substance abuse.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Echocardiography; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NT-proBNP; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension,Beijing Chaoyang Hospital,Capital Medical University, Beijing, China