hemodialysis patients, heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
duration: 6 months. amount:L-Cartin FF injection 1000mg or 900 mg of L-carnitine. times: 3 times per week after HD sessions or orally intake.
Sponsors
Department of Blood purification, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1, More than dialysis history 3 year 2, sufficient understanding top after being given to sufficient explanation in the participation in this research, and a patient -- the patient by whom the document consent by the free will of the person himself/herself was got 3, The patient who had the view of the contractile dysfunction of the left ventricle, or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the cardiac echo check for the past less than 12 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1, A patient with the past of allergy to L-carnitine 2, A pregnant woman or the woman that may have become pregnant 3, The patient who took the supplement of carnitine less than 1 month before registration 4, The patient who judged that a principal investigator was unsuitable as a subject 5, A patient with a high possibility that spring suit medicine will be uncontinuable for six months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Left atrial volume indexed to body surface area, early-to-atrial left ventricular filling ratio, The ratio of transmitral Doppler early filling velocity to tissue Doppler early diastolic mitral annular velocity. | — |
Countries
Japan
Outcome results
None listed