Overview
A biobank within the Swedish national heart failure quality registry SwedeHF.
Description
The national heart failure quality registry SwedeHF started in 2003. It is the world's largest continuous HF registry enrolling clinician-judged HF (regardless of LVEF) at time of hospital or clinical visit. Eighty variables are entered into an electronic database managed by the Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR). There are >140,000 registrations from >110,000 unique patients from 70 hospitals in Sweden.
University hospitals in Sweden with access to central biobanking will collect a high-quality biobank linked to SwedeHF consisting of blood plasma, whole blood and urine enabling genetic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses as well as analyses of different biomarkers of interest for HF patients. This will provide unique opportunities for future research within the national SwedeHF registry.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent
- Heart failure defined by symptoms and signs of heart failure as judged by the local investigator
- Registered in SwedeHF
Exclusion Criteria:
- Plasma donation within 1 month of enrolment or any blood donation/blood loss >500 mL during the 3 months prior to enrolment
- Previous allogeneic bone marrow transplant (genetics)
- In the opinion of the investigator, condition/s that may either put the patient at risk on participation or influence the results or the patient's ability to participate in the study.