chronic heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Inpatients and outpatients of our hospital (2) chronic heart failure of any severity (3) More than 20 years old (4) Both sex (5) Patients with written informed concent (6) Patients with clinically stable condition under maximally tolerable dose of standard heart failure therapy (7) left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40% (8) Patients who can understand the purpose of this study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with muscular diseases (e.g. muscular dystrophy (2) Situation of muscular destruction (e.g. strenuous training, muscle infection and so on) (3) Patients whose life expectancy is less than 24 months (4) Other cases who are judged to be inappropriate to be included in this study by the chief investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| cardiovascular death, heart failure death, sudden cardiac death, and hospitalization due to heart failure | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine