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Filter by:This is a single-center, prospective, observational controlled cohort study designed to describe the role of WNT/B-catenin signaling and adenosine system after an acute myocardial infarction, correlating it with clinical markers of fibrosis/remodeling (primary objective). The modulation of the aforementioned molecular patterns will also be evaluated in light of the type of P2Y12 inhibitor implemented (ticagrelor or prasugrel) to identify variations in response (secondary objective).
Results from recent clinical trials on bone marrow mononuclear cell (BM-MNC) transplantation show that this intervention can help reduce the incidence of heart failure (HF) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, no study has evaluated the effect of the transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on a clinical endpoint such as HF. This single-blinded, randomized, multicenter trial aims to establish whether the intracoronary infusion of umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly MSCs (WJ-MSCs) helps prevent HF development after AMI. The study will enroll 240 patients 3 to 7 days following an AMI treated with primary percutaenous coronary intervention (PPCI). Only patients aged below 65 years with impaired LV function (LVEF < 40%) will be included. They will be randomized to receive either a single intracoronary infusion of WJ-MSCs or standard care. The primary outcome of this study is the assessment of HF development during long-term follow-up (four years). Since the efficacy of MSCs is higher than BM-MNCs after AMI in the improvement of LVEF, it would be probable that these cells may have a better clinical effect as well. However, no study has evaluated the impact of the transplantation of MSCs on a clinical endpoint such as HF. This study will help determine whether or not the infusion of intracoronary WJ-MSCs in patients
This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of compound Danshen dropping pills (CDDP) in improving ventricular remodeling and cardiac function after acute anterior wall ST-Elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI). 268 patients with acute anterior wall STEMI after primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (pPCI) are randomly assigned 1:1 to CDDP group(n=134) and control group(n=134) with follow-up of 24 weeks. Both groups are treated with standard therapy of STEMI, with the CDDP group administrating 20 tablets of CDDP before pPCI and 10 tablets three times a day after pPCI and the control group treated with placebo at the same time. The primary endpoint is 24-week echocardiographic including left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) , left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (LVEDVI) and left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVI).The secondary endpoint is the change in N terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide（NT-proBNP ）level, arrhythmia and cardiovascular events (death, cardiac arrest or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hospitalization due to heart failure or angina pectoris).
The main goal of the project is to prove that ultra-high-frequency ECG (UHF-ECG) can be used as a diagnostic tool that allows the prediction of patients susceptible to the negative effect of right ventricular myocardial pacing. The prediction will be based on the assessment of electrical dyssynchrony and local depolarization durations of left ventricular depolarization emerging during right ventricular pacing. If proved to be valid in left ventricular negative remodeling prediction, UHF-ECG-derived parameters of ventricular dyssynchrony could be used as markers allowing a lead placement optimization during an implant procedure. This information can help the operator to identify patients with the urgent need for physiological pacing (HB or LBBp) and patients in which a right ventricular myocardial pacing is sufficient and will not lead to the development of the negative left ventricular remodeling.
Patients with anterior wall AMI treated by PCI will undergo, after successful revascularization of the infarct artery, measurement of the left ventricular pressure, and femoral angiogram. Patients with elevated LV pressure and adequate femoral access will be randomized to standard pharmacological treatment of AMI vs. mechanical unloading by Impella-CP (on top of the standard treatment) for 36-48 hours. LV unloading will be guided by measurement of PCWP by Swan-Ganz catheter. On the day 4-7, and at 3 months after the AMI, the patients will undergo SPECT and 3D-echocardiography to assess ventricular remodeling and extent of the post-infarct scar. The patients will be followed for at least 12 months for the occurrence of heart failure and adverse cardiovascular events. The study will test the hypothesis, whether the LV mechanical unloading after PCI will attenuate post-infarct scar and cardiac remodeling.
Pregnancy is a physiological situation that produces transient preload and afterload changes. The heart is subjected to reversible morphological remodelings and hemodynamic and functional adaptations. The characterization and understanding of maternal cardiac function during normal pregnancy by echocardiography 2D is of clinical importance for the opportune recognition of cardiac pathology. This study aims to investigate pregnancy-induced changes in ventricular strain in healthy pregnant women by echocardiography.
Patients with HOCM and severe LVOT obstruction can remain asymptomatic while significant cellular and structural changes of the heart (adverse remodeling) may occur preceding heart failure and rhythm disorders. Hence, preventing adverse remodeling through LVOT desobstruction may have significant impact on cardiac function and geometry in this particular population, as it is in symptomatic patients. The investigators will assess functional and structural characteristics of the myocardium in asymptomatic vs. symptomatic patients with severe LVOT obstruction before and after PTSMA, using advanced imaging studies with LGE-CMR and echocardiography.
Previous experience with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) candidates suggests that selection of these patients can be improved. Current clinical guideline approaches are mainly too unspecific and lead to a high non-responder rate of 30-40%, which causes a burden on health care systems and puts patients at risk of an unnecessary treatment who might benefit more from a conservative approach. Previous work indicated that using the assessment of mechanical dyssynchrony on echocardiography can lower the non-responder rate at least by 50% without compromising sensitivity for detecting amendable patients. The current prospective, randomized, multi-center trial was therefore designed to prove that the characterization of the mechanical properties of the left ventricle can improve patient selection for CRT. Patients will be randomized into one of two study arms: a control study arm with treatment recommendation based on clinical guidelines criteria, or an experimental study arm with treatment recommendation based on the presence of mechanical dyssynchrony. All patients will receive a CRT implantation. In the control study arm, bi-ventricular pacing will be turned on. In the experimental study arm, bi-ventricular pacing will be turned on or off, depending on the presence or absence of mechanical dyssynchrony, respectively. The primary endpoint will be non-inferiority in outcome of a treatment recommendation based on mechanical dyssynchrony, achieved with a lower number of CRT devices implanted, effectively leading to a lower number needed to treat. Outcome measures are the average relative change in continuously measured LVESV per arm and the percentage 'worsened' according to the Packer Clinical Composite Score per arm after 1 year follow-up.
Subsequent to the loss of myocardium post-myocardial infarction (MI), the affected ventricle undergoes some dynamic structural and functional changes known as remodeling. Cardiac remodeling progresses into heart failure (HF). In this revolutionized percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) era, the incidence of post-MI HF due to cardiac remodeling remains high. Current standard therapeutic interventions, for HF, aimed solely at correcting a low cardiac output do not necessarily impede HF progression. Recently, doxycycline was found to have an additional biological effect aside from their antimicrobial actions. From several experimental studies and clinical trials, doxycycline showed MMP inhibition activities that can prevent ventricular remodeling. This study aims to evaluate the role of doxycycline in cardiac remodeling prevention post-MI. Our hypothesis is that a better heart function will be observed in STEMI patients who receive a short period of doxycycline administration post-PCI.
This study aims to determine whether thyroid hormone levels are predictive of cardiac remodeling following myocardial infarction and the prognosis in patients with STEMI receiving primary percutaneous coronary intervention.