Spironolactone in Patients With Single Ventricle Heart
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Ultrasound is a technique that can provide images of the blood vessels such as arteries. The
size of the arteries, such as the main blood vessel in the arm, can change under different
conditions. Using ultrasound we can see how arteries change with movement or even drugs. We
want to use ultrasound to see how blood vessels look in patients with Congestive Heart
Failure (CHF) and to also see how a drug called Spironolactone, commonly prescribed for
patients with this disease, effects blood vessel function in patients with congestive heart
failure. This information may be used to change the standard of care for patients with heart
failure especially if we show that Spironolactone has a positive effect on vessel function in
patients with CHF.