Breathing Muscle Training Alongside Cardiac Rehab for Heart Failure
Tests breathing muscle training with cardiac rehab in adults with heart failure.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: A Study to Evaluate Breathing Muscle Training in Cardiac Rehab
Key facts
- Where
- Rochester, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Mayo Clinic in RochesterRochester, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Mayo Clinic
- Trial code
- NCT04984473
- Record updated
- 17 July 2026
- Original description
The purpose of this study is to understand if breathing muscle training combined with cardiac rehabilitation influences the blood flow and blood pressure response during exercise.Read full original descriptionShow less
Combined Cardiac Rehabilitation and Inspiratory Muscle Training in Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to understand if breathing muscle training combined with cardiac rehabilitation influences the blood flow and blood pressure response during exercise.
Inclusion: Adult 18 years and older; English speaking; Has a qualifying heart failure indication for center-based cardiac rehabilitation; Adult 18 years and older; English speaking; Absence of pulmonary, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurologic, or orthopedic diseases. Controls will be matched for age and sex.
Exclusion: HF patients who are unable to engage in a regularly structured exercise training program as part of a clinically indicated center-based outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program; Uremia, history of allergy to iodides. Impaired renal function; Diagnosis of liver disease; Creatinine value greater than 1.3 mg/dL (via clinical record within the past 6 months); Participants unable/unwilling to provide informed consent.