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Filter by:Introduction: Platelet aggregation plays an important role in ischemic complications in patients undergoing to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The addition of clopidogrel, as a second antiplatelet agent, to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) was effective in reducing major cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, approximately 30% of ACS patients are resistant to clopidogrel, representing a population of medically vulnerable and high risk for major cardiovascular events, including myocardial infarction (MI), stent thrombosis and death. In the randomized trial TRITON, prasugrel compared to clopidogrel was more effective in significantly reducing the rates of MI (7.4% vs. 9.4%) and stent thrombosis (2.4% vs .1,1%) in patients with ACS, however, patients treated with prasugrel showed higher rates of bleeding (2.4 vs. 1.8%) and no difference in mortality. Upon analysis of subgroups is not recommended its use in patients with a history of stroke in those older than 75 years and weighing less than 60 kg. The latest class of inhibitors of the P2Y12 receptor is the cyclopentyl-triazolopyrimidines represented by ticagrelor. Unlike the thienopyridines, ticagrelor interacts with the platelet receptors in a reversible way and has a beginning and peak of action faster. The efficacy and safety of ticagrelor were evaluated in the study PLATO, where 18.624 patients with ACS were randomized to receive clopidogrel (75mg/day, with a loading dose of 300 to 600mg) or ticagrelor (90mg 2x/day with a loading dose of 180mg) The primary combined endpoint (mortality from vascular causes, MI or stroke) at 12 months was significantly lower in the ticagrelor (9.8% vs. 11.7%). There was no significant difference in the rates of major bleeding in both groups. Moreover, the isolated analysis of the rates of MI, vascular mortality and mortality from all causes showed statistically significant reduction in the ticagrelor users. In this study, the main adverse effects were dyspnea and bradycardia. The assessment of platelet reactivity may allow the individualization of antiplatelet therapy. However, simply increasing the dose of clopidogrel in patients who persisted with high platelet reactivity was not able to reduce the combined endpoint of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis in six months. In a population of patients with stable coronary artery disease, the substitution of clopidogrel for ticagrelor showed a rapid and persistent decrease in platelet aggregation measured by different laboratory methods. However, in patients with ACS subjected to PCI, the assessment of platelet aggregation after the replacement of clopidogrel for prasugrel or ticagrelor still requires evidence. Objectives: To evaluate the platelet response to ticagrelor and prasugrel in ACS patients with ST-segment elevation submitted to thrombolysis. To evaluate security in follow up of 30 days. Methods: The study will be a prospective, randomized, single-center (São Paulo Hospital - Federal University of São Paulo), single-blind. The investigators will select 50 patients admitted with ACS with ST-segment elevation submitted to thrombolysis and who underwent cardiac catheterization between 3 to 24 hours in the case of reperfusion or immediately for rescue angioplasty. Blood sample for analysis of platelet aggregation through the system VerifyNow ®, shall be obtained immediately after the procedure on patients on clopidogrel for at least seven days in maintenance dose of 75mg or after 8 to 6 hours after the dose of 300mg and 600mg respectively. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive ticagrelor the dose of 180mg and maintained dose of 90 mg twice a day for thirty days or prasugrel dose of 60mg and maintained for thirty days at a daily dose of 10mg. A new blood sample and analysis of platelet aggregation will be repeated after 2, 6 and 24 hours. The demographic and clinical data of this population will be collected in specific form and stored in databases for later analysis
The current study is a randomized controlled trial, being conducted at two hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, involving the randomization of cardiac inpatients into an intervention group, in which they will receive mentorship from a volunteer cardiac rehabilitation peer mentor, and a control group, in which they will receive usual care. Patients in both groups will be tracked to determine if they are referred to cardiac rehabilitation and if they enroll in cardiac rehabilitation. We hypothesize that compared to cardiac inpatients who receive usual care, those cardiac inpatients who receive cardiac rehabilitation peer mentorship will be more likely to be referred to and enroll in cardiac rehabilitation.
The goal of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) therapy is to successfully restore both epicardial blood flow and myocardial perfusion. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been documented as being the most effective method for restoration of epicardial blood flow. However, epicardial blood flow does not necessarily equate to myocardial perfusion. Clopidogrel binds irreversibly to platelet P 2 Y 12 receptors to inhibit platelet aggregation, with main limitations of slow onset, prevention of recovery of platelet functions, and interindividual variability. Clinical pharmacology and early dose-finding studies suggested a faster onset and greater and more consistent inhibition of platelet aggregation (IPA) with ticagrelor compared with clopidogrel. Two currently main methods of angiographic assessment of myocardial perfusion includes thrombolysis in myocardial infarction(TIMI) myocardial perfusion grading (TMPG) and myocardial blush grading (MBG). These established myocardial perfusion parameters have been widely used in various important trials and are reported to be highly useful in predicting clinical outcomes. However, visual assessment of these methods is categorical, subjective, and operator dependent of contrast in the myocardium using cine-angiographic frame-counting, was developed by the investigators' center to quantify myocardial tissue- level perfusion and was proved to be a predictive value on clinical prognosis. Thus, the investigators aim to initiate an open-label study evaluating the acute efficacy of treatment with ticagrelor versus clopidogrel on myocardial tissue-level perfusion assessed by Myocardial Perfusion Frame Count(TMPFC) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with high-risk non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) undergoing early percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) . The investigators hypothesize that compared with clopidogrel, ticagrelor can significantly improve myocardial perfusion assessed by Myocardial Perfusion Frame Count(TMPFC) in high-risk non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients undergoing early percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), without additional increased major bleeding.
Excessive radiation received by the operator has been described as a possible drawback of the radial catheterization technique when compared with the femoral access. The study hypothesis is that the use of radial access device dedicated radioprotective TRIPTable ® (Transradial Intervention Table Protection) is not inferior to standard femoral technique and superior to standard radial technique as radioprotection strategy to the operator in patients with acute coronary syndromes acute and submitted to cardiac catheterization.
In the management of acute coronary syndromes with ST-segment elevation (STEMI), early analgesia reduces the effects of hyperadrenalism which increases the size of myocardial infarction. In order to reduce pain intensity, the recommendations advocate emergency use of morphine. In STEMI patients, other analgesic treatments could provide analgesia that is at least as effective as morphine. The equimolar oxygen/nitrous oxide mixture (MEOPA) is widely used in emergency medicine and has minor secondary effects that are very rapidly reversible when inhalation is discontinued. Used in association with paracetamol, it could be an at least equally effective alternative to the use of morphine.
The purpose of this research study is to find out whether PICSO (Pressure Controlled Coronary Sinus Occlusion), given concomitant to (NSTEMI) or following (STEMI) primary PCI and stenting, can improve final infarct size and myocardial function. ACS patients, NSTEMI and STEMI, with a culprit lesion in the LAD will be treated according to standard treatment, PCI followed by stent placement, with or without PICSO therapy. In NSTEMI patients, PICSO therapy will be given during PCI and stenting for a minimum of 30 minutes or the duration of the PCI and stent procedure. In STEMI patients PICSO therapy will be given after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention of a left anterior descending coronary artery culprit lesion. PICSO therapy is initiated prior to stent deployment and continued during stenting. The functional efficacy measures, related to the PICSO duration and coronary sinus pressures, will be stored on the PICSO Impulse console and analysed offline. The clinical efficacy measures, cardiac enzyme release during 24 hour following PCI, cardiac function, infarct size and level of microvascular obstruction will be assessed by cMRI. Patients will be followed for a maximum of 4 months after the primary PCI procedure
Myocardial infarction is related with endothelial function, arterial stiffness and autonomic nervous system dysfunction, but also with arterial hypertension. Hypertension by itself is also related with endothelial function, arterial stiffness and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Primary aim of study is to investigate how complex cardiac rehabilitation influence endothelial function, arterial stiffness and autonomic nervous system activity according to presence or absence arterial hypertension. Secondary aim is to obtain correlation between methods for the assessment of particular disorders and intercorrelation between different disorders for example endothelial function and autonomic nervous system activity.
The overall goal of this study is to develop, pilot test, implement, and evaluate a nurse-coordinated depression care model integrated into the care of Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) patients with rigorous assessment of feasibility, effectiveness, acceptability and cost in rural China. This study is a large multi-center, randomized clinical trial among 4,000 ACS patients from 20 rural county hospitals selected from a well-established research network across China.
- Study objectives 1. To compare the safety and long-term efficacy of coronary stenting with biostable polymer drug-eluting stent (Promus PremierTM, Xience Alpine®, Resolute Onyx®) with biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stent (Biomatrix®, Biomatrix Flex®, Nobori®, Ultimaster®, Synergy ® and Orsiro®) in patients with acute coronary syndrome 2. To compare the efficacy and safety of 5 mg prasugrel maintenance therapy compared with 10 mg prasugrel maintenance therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention - Study design : Prospective, open-label, 2-by-2 multifactorial, randomized, multicenter trial to test the following in CHD patients 1. Non-inferiority of biostable polymer drug-eluting stent (Promus PremierTM, Xience Alpine®, Resolute Onyx®) compared with biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stent (Biomatrix®, Biomatrix Flex®, Nobori®, Ultimaster®, Synergy ® and Orsiro®) in terms of patient-oriented composite outcome 2. Non-inferiority of 5 mg compared to 10 mg dose of prasugrel maintenance in terms of major adverse cardiovascular events
This clinical investigation is designed to demonstrate the performance characteristics of the RAMP® cardiac tests analyzed on the RAMP® 200 by non-laboratorial Operators at the point-of-care when compared to the results for the same samples analyzed on the RAMP® Reader.