Chronic heart failure left ventricular dysfunction
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Systolic heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy or dilating cardiomyopathy - Left ventricular ejection fraction * 40%
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Myocardial infarction or unstable angina less than 3 months prior to inclusion - Clinical signs of decompensated heart failure - Documented ventricular tachycardia or ischemia during exercise - Intra cardiac shunts or congenital heart disease limiting exercise capacity - Orthopaedic, vascular, pulmonary, neuromuscular and other disease limiting exercise capacity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility (i.e. % of measurements with sufficient quality for analysis) of the following exercise echocardiography variables: - LVEF - Intraventricular dyssynchrony (peak systolic longitudinal strain) - Interventricular dyssynchrony (Inter Ventricular Mechanical Delay) - Mitral regurgitation (regurgitant volume) Day-to-day reproducibility of these exercise echocardiography variables (Blant Altman analysis) | — |
Countries
Netherlands