Physical Activity in Patients After Aortic Valve Replacement (Valve-ex)

Technical University of Munich

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Valvular Aortic Stenosis

Treatments: Other: Physical activity; Other: no Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00860678

2152/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

A structured and supervised, 3-month physical activity intervention in patients after aortic valve replacement due to severe stenosis, accompanied by examination of cardiac size and function, exercise capacity and endothelial function before, three and six months after operation; comparison with a non-intervention control group.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with severe valvular aortic stenosis and indication for valve replacement

Exclusion criteria

• Coronary heart disease with indication for additional bypass surgery Leading insufficiency of the valve
• Age < 65 or > 75
• Diseases or conditions leading to additional risks during physical activity (e.g. diabetes, arthrosis, obstructive pulmonary disease)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

A

Active Comparator group

Description:

Training group

Treatment:

Other: Physical activity

B

Other group

Description:

Controls

Treatment:

Other: no Intervention