Prognostic Value of Sympathetic Modulation in Patients With Heart Failure

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart Failure

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02047409

2013/07651-7 (Other Identifier)

2010/50048-1 (Other Identifier)

EDT-13001-PD

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether oscillatory pattern of sympathetic nerve activity muscle is an efficient index for the prognosis of patients with heart failure.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with systolic heart failure and New York Heart Association (NYHA)
• Ischemic, hypertensive, or idiopathic etiology
• Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40%

Exclusion criteria

• Neuromuscular, Orthopedic, Neurologic and Pulmonary Diseases
• Renal failure
• Diabetes mellitus type II