Acute Exacerbation of Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with acute exacerbation of heart failure who require intensive care. (All patients were already administrated ACE-I or ARB) 2) Patients from whom written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients heart failure due to ST elevation myocardial infarction 2) Patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease (eGFR<30 mL/min/1.73m2) were excluded from present study. 3) Patients who satisfied the matters that requires attention in appended paper.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes to the natriuretic peptide families (BNP, NT-proBNP and ANP) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) serum renin, aldosterone and AngiotensinII 2) medications 3) age, gender, presence of de novo or recurrent HF, etiology of HF, past medical history (risk factors for atherosclerosis [diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia], and chronic kidney disease), vital signs (systolic blood pressure [SBP] and heart rate), presence of orthopnea, arterial blood gas data, laboratory data (blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, total bilirubin, sodium, potassium, hemoglobin, BNP, C-reactive protein [CRP] 4)left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) on echocardiography 5)long-term prognosis (all cause death and HF event within 1 year) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital Division of Intensive Care Unit