Prevalence of virus persistence and inflammation in heart failure

Prevalence of virus persistence and inflammation in heart failure - Viruses in the heart

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON31075

Enrollment

160

Registered

2007-07-27

Start date

2007-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

heart failure

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with idiopathic heartfailure undergoing routine analysis (including cardiac biopsies). Patients with or without heartfailure undergoing elective cardio-thoracic surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Emergency cardiothoracic surgery Pregnancy or lactation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Comparing the degree of viral presence between the different groups using PCR analysis of the biopsies.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Additional analysis of the type/degree of inflammation in the myocardium using histological and immunohistological examination.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results