Status:

RECRUITING

Arterial Stiffening as a Predictor for Diastolic Cardiac Dysfunction and HFpEF

Lead Sponsor:

University Medical Center Goettingen

Conditions:

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Cardiovascular Morbidity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Patients at risk for developing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) will undergo a structured clinical assessment, transthoracic echocardiography and pulse-wave analysis to investig...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • One or more of the following criteria:
  • Age \> 60 years
  • Arterial hypertension (RR systolic ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic ≥ 90 mmHg or ≥ 2 antihypertensive drugs)
  • Diabetes mellitus Type I or II
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Chronic kidney disease (GFR \< 60 ml/min/1,73 m2 or urine albumin ≥ 30mg/24h or ACR ≥ 30 mg/g)
  • BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
  • NYHA ≥ II
  • E/e' \> 8

Exclusion

  • Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 50 %
  • Significant valve disease (Grade III or higher)
  • History of interventional or surgical valve repair
  • Regional wall motion abnormalities
  • Respiratory diseases as a known cause for dyspnea
  • Atrial flutter or fibrillation during examination
  • Hypertrophic/restrictive/arrhythmogenic/dilatative cardiomyopathies including cardiac amyloidosis or sarcoidosis and toxic cardiomyopathy
  • History of heart transplantation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 23 2024

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06208007

Start Date

February 23 2024

End Date

January 1 2028

Last Update

May 9 2024

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Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, 37075