acute heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who received sufficient explanation, understood it and gave written consent based on their free will, before participating in this study (The consent from their parents or legal guardians is needed for the patients under 20 years or with dementia.)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with diseases like malignancy which influence the prognosis except heart failure Patients who were judged inappropriate by the principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Worsening of heart failure Hospitalization for severe arrhythmia Hospitalization for acute arteriosclerosis (acute coronary syndrome, cerebral infarction) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| cardiovascular death (death from heart failure, sudden death, death from myocardial infarction/cerebral infarction) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Osaka General Medical Center Department of Cardiology