Cardiovascular disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who meet the following criteria: - Refractory hypertension (Patients under treatment with 3 or more antihypertensive agents with office systolic blood pressure of 130 mmHg or higher, or diastolic blood pressure of 80 mmHg or higher) - Cardiovascular disease - Coronary artrey disease: Patients who have a past history of coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass surgery, or diagnosed with coronary disease and receive the medical treatment. - Heart failure: Patients diagnosed with heart failure and receive the medical treatment. - Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS): Apnea hypopnea index (AHI) >5/hr by polysomnography, or suspected SAS and 3% oxygen desaturation index(ODI) 5 and higher, or current medical treatment for SAS. - Peripheral artery disease: Patients diagnosed by imaging and laboratory tests and treated by physician. - Aorta dissection, aortic aneurysm: Patients diagnosed by imaging and laboratory tests and treated by physician. - Atrial fibrillation: Patients diagnosed by imaging and laboratory tests and treated by electrocardiogram.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Cerebral vascular disease within 6 months (except for asymptomatic or transient ischemic attack) Hemodialysis patients Having other severe diseases (cancer, connective tissue disease) Unwillingness to sign an informed consent. Patient him/herself or his/her family uses medical devices (e.g., pacemaker) which are affected by electric waves from mobile-phone. Patients considered as inappropriate to participate in this study by attending physicians.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total mortality | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cardiovascular death, Sudden death, Ischemic heart disease, Cerebrovascular disease, De novo arteriosclerosis obliterans, Aortic dissection, heart failure that requires hospitalization, De novo diabetes, De novo atrial fibrillation, and Chronic hemodialysis | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Jichi Medical University School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine