heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: heart failure group =patients diagnosed as heart failure Control group =patients who have heart failure risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and/or arrhythmia, but who do not have heart failure.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) patients whose serum creatinine of greater than or equal to 3.0 mg/dL 2) patients with malignancy 3) patients with autoimmune disease or chronic inflammatory state 4) patients with inflammatory bowel diseases or intestinal surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To elucidate the characterization of gut microbial metabolites in the patients with heart failure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Gut microbiota and its metabolites in feces after co-culture with prebioticas or probiotics in Kobe University Human Intestinal Model (KUHIM). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kobe University Hospital Division of Cardiovascular Medicine