About this trial
This study is part of the Rico Macro-Project, a multidisciplinary research program promoted by FROM in collaboration with the ASST-PG23 and ATS Bergamo, aiming to investigate the role of clonal hematopoiesis on inflammation, studying in depth the mechanisms underlying the inflammatory process to determine their correlation with some important pathologies in different clinical fields (Hematology, Cardiology, Neurology, Pneumology, Gastroenterology, and Diabetology, etc.). In this context, the prospective observational study RICO-HF is developed.
The RICO HF is the first project focused on CHIP and inflammation in the area of Cardiology, specifically in HF.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
consecutive patients admitted to the Cardiology Unit of the ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo for acute HF and patients attending the outpatient HF clinic of the same hospital for chronic HF
age >18 years
written informed consent
Disqualifiers
chronic therapy with anti-inflammatories, steroids, immunomodulators, immunosuppressants, chemotherapeuthic agents
previous heart transplant
cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest
recent acute coronary syndrome (<3 months)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Clinical and instrumental examination