Frailty: Prevalence and Response to Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in Older Heart Failure Patients

Thomas Jefferson University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Systolic Heart Failure

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02156583

14C.146

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational study evaluating changes in frailty and associated impairments in older heart failure patients receiving left ventricular assist device therapy.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 60 years old or older
• Scheduled to undergo left ventricular assist device implantation at Thomas Jefferson University

Exclusion criteria

• Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
• Unable to complete baseline frailty assessment

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Older, left ventricular assist device

Description:

Older heart failure patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation