Comparison Between Internal and External Chest Impedance Measurement

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Device: External Thoracic Impedance Measurement; Device: Medronics CRT Optivol Impedance Measurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01296282

0094-10-HYMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare two methods of chest impedance: the Medtronics Optivol Measurement via CRT pacemakers for patients with heart failure and external non-invasive measurement

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• CRT-implanted patients with heart failure

Exclusion criteria

• All others

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Heart failure patients

Treatment:

Device: External Thoracic Impedance Measurement

Device: Medronics CRT Optivol Impedance Measurement