The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Cardiac Sympathetic Blockade on Mortality, re-hospitalization rate, symptoms, quality of life, exercise tolerance, cardiac structure, systolic function, electrical activities and concentration of B - type natriuretic peptide precursor in patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
0.5% lidocaine 5ml epidural injection every 2 hours per day or 0.2% ropivacaine 5ml epidural injection every 4 hours per day, last for 4weeks
the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
RECRUITINGAll cause mortality
Time frame: one year
Rehospitalization rate
Time frame: one year
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