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Registry (Prospective Cohort) for Heart Failure in Korea (KorAHF) (KorAHF)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01389843
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 8, 2011
Last Update Posted : September 20, 2019
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institute of Health, Korea
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Byung-Hee Oh, Seoul National University Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

KorAHF is a multi-center registry (prospective cohort) for acute decompensated heart failure patients in Korea.

The aim of this registry is to analyze several causes affecting prognosis and survival and to develop new strategies for managing acute decompensated heart failure.


Condition or disease
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 5625 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Registry (Prospective Cohort) for Heart Failure in Korea (KorAHF)
Actual Study Start Date : March 2011
Actual Primary Completion Date : December 2018
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2018

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

MedlinePlus related topics: Heart Failure

Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort
All consecutive hospitalized adult patients

All consecutive hospitalized adult patients who have 1 and (2 and/or 3)

  1. Symptom and/or sign of heart failure
  2. Lung congestion
  3. Objective finding of LV systolic dysfunction (LVEF), or structural heart disease.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Mortality and Re-hospitalization of acute decompensated heart failure [ Time Frame: 5 years (tentative) ]
    1. In-hospital mortality
    2. Annual mortality
    3. Re-hospitalization


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
acute decompensated heart failure
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

All consecutive hospitalized adult patients who have 1 and (2 and/or 3)

  1. Symptom and/or sign of heart failure
  2. Lung congestion
  3. Objective finding of LV systolic dysfunction (LVEF), or structural heart disease

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N.C.
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Locations
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Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03080
Sponsors and Collaborators
Byung-Hee Oh
National Institute of Health, Korea
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Byung-Hee Oh, MD, PhD Seoul National University Hospital
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Responsible Party: Byung-Hee Oh, Professor, Seoul National University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01389843    
Other Study ID Numbers: H-1102-072-352
First Posted: July 8, 2011    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: September 20, 2019
Last Verified: September 2019
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Yes
Plan Description: Data be shared with participating institution and NNIH
Keywords provided by Byung-Hee Oh, Seoul National University Hospital:
Heart failure
Registry
Cohort
Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Diseases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases