Sildenafil Impact on Ventricular Function in Patients With Heart Failure

Summary

Twenty-four patients with known heart failure will be recruited. They will undergo a cardiac magnetic resonance for ventricular analyses and after this first exam they will be randomized to placebo or Sildenafil. After one hour drug intake they will undergo another cardiac magnetic resonance to evaluate the drug impact on right and left ventricular function.

Timeline

Start

2013-09

Primary completion

2013-11

Completion

2013-11

Publications

• Fernandes AM, Andrade AC, Barroso ND, Borges IC, Carvalho-Andrade D, Rodrigues Junior ES, Guimaraes LC, Duraes AR, Borges SM, Aras Junior R. The immediate effect of sildenafil on right ventricular function in patients with heart failure measured by cardiac magnetic resonance: a randomized control trial. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 20;10(3):e0119623. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119623. eCollection 2015.

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