View clinical trials related to Ventricular Dysfunction.
Filter by:The purpose of the study is to monitor the clinical safety and performance of the EXCOR Venous Cannula in context of an EXCOR VAD therapy to ensure continued acceptability of identified risks, to enable detecting emerging risks and to assess clinical improvement on both short- and long-term.
RV dysfunction has been associated with increased mortality in the ICU and cardiac surgical patients. Thus, early identification of RV dysfunction at less severe stages will allow for earlier intervention and potentially better patient outcomes. However, so far, no studies have reported prospectively the prevalence of abnormal RV pressure waveform during cardiac surgery and in the ICU. Our primary hypothesis is that the prevalence of abnormal RV pressure waveform occurs in more than 50% of cardiac surgical patients throughout their hospitalization. Those patients with abnormal RV pressure waveform will be more prone to post-operative complications related to RV dysfunction and failure in the OR and ICU.
BIO|Adapt study is designed to provide evidence for the clinical benefit of the CRT AutoAdapt feature. This feature provides continuous adaptation of AV delay and biventricular pacing modality. However, additional clinical data on the short and mid-term improvement of CRT-D patients by the CRT AutoAdapt feature are needed.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is classically described as an abrupt or rapidly reversible reduction in the excretion of nitrogenous waste products, including urea, nitrogen and creatinine. Acute kidney injury definition emphasizes on the filtration function of the kidney, a measure that is unique and easily and routinely measured . Acute kidney injury is associated with significantly increased resource utilization and health care costs. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after non cardiac surgery are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The reported incidence of postoperative myocardial infarction (POMI) among patients undergoing non cardiac surgery is between 3% and 6%.
Using echocardiography to investigate the incidence of RV dysfunction in ventilated patients with COVID-19.
The purpose of this study is to assess if using the Impella® CP (or Impella® 2.5) device during high-risk PCI in patients with reduced left-sided heart function will result in an improvement in symptoms, heart function and health after a heart procedure compared to the current standard of care.
Studying the causal roles of components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (including angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), Ang II, and ACE), uric acid, and klotho in pediatric hypertension and related target organ injury, including in the heart, kidneys, vasculature, and brain. Recruiting children with a new hypertension diagnosis over a 2-year period from the Hypertension and Pediatric Nephrology Clinics affiliated with Brenner Children's Hospital at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital. Healthy control participants will be recruited from local general primary care practices. Collecting blood and urine samples to analyze components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (Ang-(1-7), ACE2, Ang II, ACE), uric acid, and klotho, and measuring blood pressure, heart structure and function, autonomic function, vascular function, and kidney function at baseline, year 1, and year 2. Objectives are to investigate phenotypic and treatment response variability and to causally infer if Ang-(1-7), ACE2, Ang II, ACE, uric acid, and klotho contribute to target organ injury due to hypertension.
This is an observational, prospective, multicenter study (12 hospitals belonging to the Italian Cardiology Network) in patients with STEMI ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated successfully with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), that will be followed for 12 month after the acute event, in order to ascertain the predictive value of myocardial viability measured with cardiac magnetic resonance (1.5 T; based on the transmural distribution of late enhancement in the infarcted segments) for the identification of left ventricular (LV) remodelling (REM) 6 months after STEMI.
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting up tp 30% will develop postoperative right ventricle dysfunction. Its imperative for the physician to fully understand the severity of this complication in order to perform an early diagnosis and carry out the appropriate treatment. Aim: Investigate the correlation between echocardiographic measurements and hemodynamic changes at different time points in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery Hypothesis: 1. Weak correlation between echocardiographic measurements and hemodynamic changes during coronary artery bypass graft surgery 2. Echocardiographic measurements would change across different time points during surgery independent of hemodynamic values.
The study will include patients with acute heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (<40%) triggered by atrial fibrillation (AF) with a heart rate of >130/min. Patients in cardiogenic shock, critical state, or patients requiring emergent electric cardioversion during the first 2 hours will be excluded. The patients will be randomized (1:1) to a strategy of initial intensive heart rate control using continuous infusion of landiolol and boluses of digoxin vs. standard approach to the rate control without the use of landiolol. All patients will receive recommended pharmacotherapy of acute heart failure (diuretics, nitrates, inotropes in patients with signs of low cardiac output - preferentially milrinone or levosimendan). The patients will undergo hemodynamic monitoring, laboratory testing, evaluation of symptoms, and quantification of lung water content by ultrasound for 48 hours. The study will test a hypothesis whether patients treated with initial intensive heart rate control with the preferential use of landiolol will achieve faster heart rate control, compensation of heart failure, and relief of heart failure symptoms without causing hypotension or deterioration of heart failure.