NCT07498868
Detecting the Undetected: Heart Failure Screening at the Lymphoedema Point of Care
Not Yet Recruiting · Not specified · Swansea Bay University Health Board · registry updated 2026-03-27
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Heart failure affects more people than the four most common cancers combined. When identified early, management is more straightforward, preventing complications, hospitalisations, and fatalities. Breathlessness and fatigue are cardinal symptoms of heart failure that can present in a number of conditions. As a result, leg swelling, the third cardinal symptom, is the first noted in many people. The presence of leg swelling leads to patients being seen in lymphoedema clinics before the need for cardiology investigation has been identified. Lymphoedema is the presence of chronic oedema as a result of congenital abnormalities, inflammation, infection, trauma, or cancer and its treatments. The vast majority of lymphoedema patients have swelling in their legs. A recent study has shown that 9.4% lymphoedema patients need to be investigated for heart failure. At present, the need for investigation is identified by performing a laboratory blood test, which takes time to arrange and complete. An alternate point of care test can provide a result in 12-minutes at the lymphoedema appointment, and enable appropriate action to be taken....
Inclusion
- Patient of Swansea Bay University Health Board Lymphoedema Service.
- Consent to participate in the study.
- Bilateral lower limb oedema.
- Aged 18-years or older.
- Able to provided informed consent to be involved.
- No diagnosis of heart failure.
Exclusion
- All inclusion criteria not met.
- Not a lymphoedema patient in Swansea Bay University Health Board Lymphoedema Service.
- Unable to consent for themselves.
- Women who are pregnant or have given birth in the last 6-months.
- Patients with an existing heart failure diagnosis.