Brain Assessment and Investigation in Heart Failure Trial
- Conditions
- Patients with Stage B and C heart failure by ACC-AHA guidelines
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000008584
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Brief Summary
1. Reduction in hippocampus blood flow is associated with depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment in chronic heart failure patients.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Not provided
(1) Contraindication of MRI: Cardiac devices or claustrophobia. (2) Unstable cardiac function: Patients who had uncontrolled heart failure or required intravenous inotropes. Patients receiving stent implantation for acute myocardial infarction within 3 months. (3) Past history significantly affecting cerebral blood flow and/or brain structure: MMSE < 24, mental retardation, neurodegenerative disease, psychiatric disorder, epilepsy, symptomatic stroke, symptomatic carotid stenosis with or without stenting or endarterectomy, head trauma, hydrocephalus, intracranial mass, alcohol/drug addiction, hypo/hyperthyroidism, aortic stenosis proximal to left cervical artery and/or severe aortic valve stenosis. (4) Difficulty in evaluating brain and/or cardiac MRI: Artifacts of movements or other causes. Patients with complex congenital heart diseases.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method