Description
- Inclusion Criteria - Heart Failure Group:
- * Adult 18 years and older.
- * English speaking.
- * Has a qualifying heart failure indication for center-based cardiac rehabilitation.
- Inclusion Criteria - Healthy Control Group:
- * 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 Criteria:
- * 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.
- * Participants unable/unwilling to provide informed consent.
- * Uremia, history of allergy to iodides. Impaired renal function.
- * Creatinine value greater than 1.3 mg/dL (via clinical record within the past 6 months).
- * Diagnosis of liver disease.
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes