chronic heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)control subjects are defined as who don't have any heart disease (2)heart failure patients are defined as who are admitted with hospital due to heart failure (3)age between 20 to 90 (4)gender is unmentioned (5)patients who agree to participate in this trial (6)hemodynamically stable patients under standard heart failure therapy (7)ejection fraction >50%
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)hypotension (BP<90/50mmHg) or severe hypertension (BP>160/90mmHg) (2)acute organ damage other than heart within 3 months (3)patients with NYHA functional class IV (4)patients with severe renal or liver disease (5)pregnant woman (6)the patients with, or the history of deep venous thrombosis (7)those who have active trauma at the lower limbs (8)valvular heart disease more than moderate (9)atrial fibrillation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in forward stroke volume and ventricular filling pressure during leg positive pressure maneuver | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine