Status:
COMPLETED
Resynchronization Therapy in Young Patients With and Without CHD
Lead Sponsor:
Emory University
Conditions:
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Pediatric
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-18 years
Brief Summary
Pacemakers can be attached to one or more than one of the heart chambers. After watching pacemakers work over time, doctors have found that the pacemakers that stimulate only one chamber of the heart ...
Detailed Description
Hypothesis H1: Children with DCM. Ventricular dyssynchrony is seen in a majority (over 50%) of pediatric patients with DCM. Specific aim, SA 1: To describe changes in right and left ventricular funct...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy
- normal heart anatomy or those with repaired congenital defects that have a 4 chambered heart
- referred for a Biventricular pacemaker implantation or upgrade with the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy or for an echocardiogram due to the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy without pacemaker
- signed informed consent
Exclusion
- cannot travel back to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for follow-up
- Patients with a transplanted heart
- no informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2004
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00208806
Start Date
June 1 2004
End Date
December 1 2006
Last Update
December 10 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322