Serum Catestatin Expression and Cardiometabolic Parameters in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

"Participants in this study will have their peripheral blood sampled from the cubital vein and the total volume withdrawn for the purposes of this study will be no more than 22 mL per person.~Parameters of interest in the laboratory analysis will include serum catestatin levels, NT-proBNP levels, hs-cTnI, parameters of inflammation and renal function as well as standard biochemistry and complete blood count (CBC) panels."

Patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure will receive optimal standards of care in terms of pharmacologic management, according to their current clinical condition.

Participants from both groups will undergo transthoracic echocardiography examination that will measure established hemodynamic parameters of systolic and diastolic cardiac function as well as parameters of LV and RV strain in the selected subset of patients.