Status:
COMPLETED
IMPROVE HF: Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting
Lead Sponsor:
Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Collaborating Sponsors:
Medtronic
Conditions:
Heart Failure, Congestive
Myocardial Infarction
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to characterize current management of patients with either heart failure or prior myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction and to assess the effect of educat...
Detailed Description
IMPROVE HF, the largest US outpatient HF patient registry, has substantially contributed to our knowledge of how systolic HF and post MI left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) patients are treat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age or older
- Primary or secondary diagnosis of heart failure or prior myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Moderate-to-severe left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) as demonstrated by an ejection fraction \< or = 35% and/or a qualitative assessment of LVD of moderate-to-severe or severe LVD
- Patient has been seen at the clinic at least twice in the past 2 years
- Patient received care from the physician participating in the study
Exclusion
- Patient has died
- Patient is not expected to survive for 12 months due to medical conditions other than heart failure
- Patient has undergone heart transplant surgery
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
34810 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00303979
Start Date
May 1 2005
End Date
August 1 2009
Last Update
January 31 2019
Active Locations (144)
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Cardiovascular Associates of Montclair
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 36608
2
Cardiology Associates
Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36608
3
Cardiovascular Associates of Mesa
Mesa, Arizona, United States, 85205
4
Heart Care, PC
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85258