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Exercise Capacity According to Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Body Composition

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Adenosine stress echocardiography with the evaluation of coronary artery blood flow
Registration Number
NCT04822649
Lead Sponsor
Korea University Anam Hospital
Brief Summary

The correlation of coronary microvascular function and body composition with cardiopulmonary exercise capacity will be assessed in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Detailed Description

We will select the patients with chest pain or ischemic symptoms with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (\<50% stenosis) in coronary angiography and preserved ejection fraction (≥50%) in echocardiography. All patients will undergo body composition analysis and adenosine stress echocardiography with the evaluation of coronary artery blood flow by Doppler echocardiography and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) by cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure will be assessed during coronary angiography. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is defined as the ratio of peak to baseline mean diastolic velocity of coronary blood flow. The correlation of CFR and body composition with cardiopulmonary exercise capacity will be assessed.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 20 to 80
  • Typical/atypical chest pain or ischemic symptoms including dyspnea
  • No significant coronary artery stenosis (>50% stenosis) in coronary angiography or computed tomography
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%
Exclusion Criteria
  • More than moderate valvular heart disease
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Chronic renal failure (estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 ml/min/1.73m2) or end-stage renal failure undergoing hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
  • Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and primary pulmonary hypertension
  • Receiving anticancer drugs
  • Vasculitis associated with autoimmune diseases
  • Patients with difficulty in performing exercise load evaluation (treadmill, bicycle ergometer)
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Atrioventricular block with more than second degrees, symptomatic bradycardia, cryo-node failure syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) patients

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Heart failure with preserved ejection fractionAdenosine stress echocardiography with the evaluation of coronary artery blood flowAdenosine stress echocardiography, body composition, and cardiopulmonary exercise test will be done in all of the enrolled patients. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure will be assessed during coronary angiography.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation of coronary blood flow with cardiopulmonary exercise capacityup to day 14

Coronary blood flow is assessed by coronary flow reserve (CFR), which is defined as peak to baseline mean diastolic velocity of coronary flow.

In regard to cardiopulmonary exercise capacity, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) will be assessed.

Correlation of body composition with cardiopulmonary exercise capacityup to day 14

In body composition analysis, skeletal muscle mass and body fat mass will be assessed.

In regard to cardiopulmonary exercise capacity, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) will be assessed.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Korea University Anam Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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