External Body Pressure in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Exclusion Criteria

• •* HF hospitalization for type I myocardial infarction within 3 months
• •* Infiltrative (ie amyloid) or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• •* Uncontrolled atrial or ventricular arrhythmia
• •* Chronic oxygen use
• •* History of vasovagal syncope
• •* Considered inappropriate to participate by PI or Sub-I
• •* Healthy Volunteers (Controls)
• •* Acute myocardial infarction (3-5 days)
• •* Unstable angina
• •* Uncontrolled arrhythmia causing symptoms or haemodynamic compromise
• •* Syncope
• •* Active endocarditis
• •* Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
• •* Symptomatic severe aortic aneurysm
• •* Uncontrolled asthma
• •* Arterial desaturation at rest on room air \<85%
• •* Untreated left main stem coronary stenosis
• •* Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis
• •* Severe untreated arterial hypertension at rest (\>200 mm Hg systolic, \>120 mm Hg diastolic)
• •* Tachyarrhythmias or bradyarrhythmias
• •* Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• •* Significant pulmonary hypertension
• •* Thrombosis of the lower extremity until treated for a minimum of 2 weeks
• •* Within 2 weeks of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolus
• •* Abdominal aortic aneurysm \>8.0 cm
• •* Electrolyte abnormalities
• •* Pregnancy
• •* Inmate of correctional facility (i.e. prisoner)
• •* Diagnosed history of dementia
• •* Inability to ambulate independently
• •* Considered inappropriate to participate by Principal Investigator