Comparison Between Internal and External Chest Impedance Measurement

• Conditions: Heart Failure
• Interventions: Device: Medronics CRT Optivol Impedance Measurement; Device: External Thoracic Impedance Measurement

• Registration Number: NCT01296282
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

To compare two methods of chest impedance: the Medtronics Optivol Measurement via CRT pacemakers for patients with heart failure and external non-invasive measurement

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2011-02
• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-02-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-02-13
• Study First Posted: 2011-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2011-02-15
• Study Start: 2011-03
• Primary Completion: 2015-04
• Study Completion: 2015-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• CRT-implanted patients with heart failure

Exclusion Criteria

• All others

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Heart failure patients	Medronics CRT Optivol Impedance Measurement	-
Heart failure patients	External Thoracic Impedance Measurement	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
External measurement of chest impedance can be effective in monitoring heart failure patients	Three years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel