Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:33 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:33 AM
NCT ID:
NCT04611594
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Hospital admission for primary diagnosis of acutely decompensated heart failure, regardless of etiology, according to the criteria of the American College of Cardiology;
* Diagnosis on echocardiography of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (\<40%);
* Presence of pulmonary congestion defined as at least 2 pulmonary fields with more than 3 B lines in each field on pulmonary ultrasound at the time of hospital discharge.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pulmonary fibrosis or other severe disease that changes the image acquisition (significant pleural effusion, severe pulmonary emphysema, previous pneumectomy or lobectomy, primary or metastatic lung cancer, breast implants);
* Pregnancy;
* Dialysis renal failure patient;
* Factors that could hinder follow-up (not returning to the outpatient clinic of Hospital de Clínicas);
* Disability or refusing to understand and adhere to the protocol;
* Refusal to sign consent form.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT04611594
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04611594