a disease affecting an artery within the brain cerebrovascular lesions caused by heart failure or supplying blood to the brain caused by a disorder in which the heart loses it's ability to pump blood efficiently
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Aged 70 years and over, Able to visit the Deventer Hospital, documented diagnosis of heart failure, Full comprehension of the Dutch language, informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Metal pieces anywhere in the body, Defribillator, Pacemaker, Metal pins in the cerebrovascular circulation, Neurostimulator in the spinal canal, (Blood vessel ) Stent in the past 6 weeks, Ossicle prothesis, bladderstimulator, insulinpump Claustrophobia, Acute disease or acute care needed, Dialysis, Life expectancy of less than 3 months, Medically unstable or too sick to be referred to the heart failure outpatient clinic during the inclusion period, Patients with a documented diagnosis of dementia, Nursing home patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of cebrovasculair lesions, mainly consisting of white matter lesions which will be semiquantitatively measured by volumetry | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (lacunar) infarctions atrophy | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed