The purpose of this study is to determine whether expressions of adipokines can provide prognostic information concerning patients with chronic heart failure.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
98
The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China
All-cause mortality
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months
New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classification
Time frame: Week:4
re-hospitalization
Heart failure with re-hospitalization is documented by at least one of the following: worse exercise tolerance and respiratory distress with NYHA class III or IV symptoms, presence of pulmonary rales, or chest radiography showing pulmonary congestion, which needs an augmented decongestive regimen with oral or intravenous medications during an in-hospital stay.
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months
plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration
Time frame: Week:4
Cardiovascular death
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months
Cardiac transplantation
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months
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