heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: heart failure NYHA class III accepted for CRT, according to current guidelines left ventricular ejection fraction
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Myocardial infarction or unstable angina less than 3 months prior to inclusion Clinical signs of decompensated heart failure 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 in a way that performing exercise tests is not feasible
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between exercise-related central hemodynamic and extra-cardiac parameters at baseline and the response to CRT, using logistic regression. Response to CRT is defined as a decline in end systolic left ventricular volume of at least 15% and/or increase of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of > 5%. Potential central hemodynamic predictors are assessed by exercise echocardiography (mitral regurgitation, LV volumes and intraventricular dyssynchrony) and radial artery pulse contour analysis (cardiac output). Potential extra cardiac predictors include peak oxygen uptake, oxygen uptake efficiency slope and kinetics of recovery of skeletal muscle oxygenation after sub maximal exercise using Near Infrared Spectroscopy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| None | — |
Countries
Netherlands