ormal values for echocardiography with speckle tracking and biomarkers in a healthy population.
Completed
- Conditions
- heart functionventricular function10082206
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy adults between the age of 20 and 70 years.
Capable of understanding and signing informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolaemia.
Non-Dutch speaking.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Determining normal values of LV and RV radial, circumferential and longitudinal<br /><br>strain, and LV rotation and twist by speckle-tracking echocardiography in<br /><br>various age groups.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Determining normal values of the biomarkers NT-proBNP, hsCRP, hsTnT, IL-1,<br /><br>IL-6, TNF-a, MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1, GDF-15, HSP-70 in various age groups.</p><br>