LIFE Heart study

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Start Year
2006
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Members

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Investigators Contacts
  • Prof. Dr Holger Thiele
    Leipzig Heart Center
  • Prof. Dr. Berend Isermann
    Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics r
  • Ronny Baber
    Leipzig Medical Biobank
  • Melanie Eberl
    LIFE Forschungszentrum
  • Matthias Nuechter
    LIFE Forschungszentrum

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
Follow-up examinations, such as postal surveys and re-examinations, are done for different purposes.
Supplementary Information
Postal follow-up surveys were carried out and evaluated in 2012 and 2014. Since March 2019, LIFE Heart participants have been invited back to the study outpatient clinic and extensively examined as part of a study on heart failure with preserved pump function (HFpEF). Approximately 800 patients who were not diagnosed with heart failure at the time of the baseline survey will be recruited. Parallel to HFpEF study, a comprehensive postal follow-up takes place for all other participants.

Marker Paper

Rationale and design of the Leipzig (LIFE) Heart Study: phenotyping and cardiovascular characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease.

PUBMED 22216169

Recruitment

Sources of Recruitment
  • Individuals

Number of participants

Number of participants
7,000
Number of participants with biosamples
7,000
Supplementary Information

Data Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Data
Biosamples
Other

Sector of research

Data Biosamples
Investigators from the public sector
Investigators from the private sector
Investigators from not-for-profit organization

Transfer

Data Biosamples
Can leave the study facility
Can leave the country

Cost

Data Variable Cost
Biosamples Variable Cost

Cost reduction for co-analyses

Data
Biosamples

Cost will be calculated in a project specific manner

Description of the access procedures

Access to the actual study data is only possible via a project agreement, see more in the current guidelines for project agreements (in German), which describe the application procedure in detail.

The data available and the variable descriptions are shown in the LIFE Data Portal (in German). It is possible to request a guest login account via email, see the instructions in the LIFE webpage (in German).


Availability of access information

On the study website : https://www.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/einrichtunge...

Timeline

LIFE Heart study

Selection Criteria
Minimum age
23
Maximum age
89
Countries
  • Germany
Territory
Leipzig
Ethnic Origin
Health Status

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • Specific population
Supplementary Information
Specific Population
  • Clinic patients

Number of participants

Number of participants
7,000
Number of participants with biosamples
7,000
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 LIFE Heart study - Baseline All patients underwent coronary angiography so that the vascular status in the heart is precisely known. In addition, the patients were examined in depth for general vascular status and ... 2006-11 2014-09
1 LIFE Heart study - Recontact A comprehensive postal follow-up will be conducted for patients. In addition to cardiovascular events, information on medication use, lifestyle, quality of life and psychological aspects will be ... 2019-03
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