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Filter by:Heart attack is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Following heart attack, re-establishing blood flow in a clogged heart vessel using percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the standard of care. This therapy is called reperfusion therapy. Unfortunately, reperfusion therapy itself poses additional heart muscle damaging effect, a process called reperfusion injury. Excessive reperfusion injury can offset the net benefit of heart vessel blood flow restoration in patients with heart attacks. For those heart attack survivors, massive reperfusion injury can contribute to heart failure which carries high risk for death and long-term disabilities. To date, there is no drug available that can reduce reperfusion injury in heart attack patients. Our group has demonstrated in a preclinical study that combining two available medications (milrinone and esmolol) when given right before the onset of reperfusion therapy greatly reduces heart muscle damage in an animal heart attack model. Furthermore, in a clinical safety, we demonstrated that combination therapy with milrinone and esmolol is safe in patients with heart attack undergoing PCI. If the heart-protective effect observed in our preclinical study can be replicated in human subjects, this proposed therapy will become the first of this kind to treat clinical reperfusion injury. The present trial is a proof-of-concept study to determine whether the combination administration of milrinone and esmolol at the onset of reperfusion reduces the heart muscle damage in heart attack patients who receive reperfusion therapy with PCI.
Colchicine has antiinflammatory properties. It has been shown to be effective in improving outcome in stable coronary disease. The exact mechanism is unclear. Study objective: to assess the effect of colchicine on endothelial function using the EndoPATâ„¢ in NSTEMI Patients. Study Hypothesis: There will be a significant difference on the RH-PAT levels of the patients who were in treated with colchicine versus the placebo group Study design and patient Selection One hundred and forty patients with the diagnosis of Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction will be enrolled to a prospective randomized double-blind placebo controlled study in Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Patients will be recruited during their hospitalization before cardiac catheterization. All patients will sign an informed consent. Primary outcome will be the improvement in endothelial function between baseline and after 1 month in both groups
This study involves doing platelet function testing in patients who have undergone fibrinolysis. Fibrinolysis (Use of clot busting medicine in heart attack) is the standard of care to restore blood flow in blocked arteries as soon as possible after the "Heart attack" in rural health center where access to cardiac catheterization is one hour away. Fibrinolysis is done by the emergency room physician in a timely fashion to minimize the damage of the myocardium. Additionally anti-platelet regimen as adjuvant for patient undergoing fibrinolysis has been well studied in many trials. In this study investigators will use clopidogrel or ticagrelor in randomized fashion to evaluate anti- platelet effect by measuring efficacy in vivo (pharmacodynamics) and blood levels of both drugs (Pharmacokinetics).
The purpose of this study is to determine 1. whether intraoperative hypotension or hypertension is independently associated with postoperative mortality and morbidity 2. whether quality improvement interventions implemented at the University of Michigan and at Washington University: 1. decrease the extent and duration of intraoperative hypotension and hypertension. 2. are associated with decreased postoperative mortality and morbidity.
The aim of this observational study is to evaluate the in hospital and 6 month outcomes of the use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor eptifibatide as adjunctive therapy in patients undergoing primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a large tertiary referral center. It is hypothesized that Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor use during primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction/ acute myocardial infarction is superior to unfractionated heparin alone or bivalirudin alone. Additionally, after propensity matching this superiority remains.
The intent of this clinical study is to answer the questions: 1) Is the proposed treatment safe? and 2) Is treatment effective in improving cardiac function and clinical outcomes?
Due to advances and increased practice of interventional therapy for coronary artery disease, the rate of high-risk patients with severe coronary disease and reduced left ventricular function among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) is increasing. The perioperative mortality in these patients is ≥ 5%. The perioperative and operative management for these patients has to be optimized in order to reduce their perioperative morbidity and mortality. One of the central aspects is perioperative maintenance of hemodynamic stability. The use of prophylactic IABP is a partly established, but not sufficiently evidence-based measure to reduce ventricular afterload and improve coronary perfusion pre-, intra- and postoperatively. Yet, it is an invasive procedure with potential complications. The planned trial should give an explicit answer, whether preoperative prophylactic IABP decreases 30-day all-cause mortality (primary endpoint) and long-term mortality (3, 6, 12 months; secondary endpoints) compared to preoperative conservative treatment in high-risk patients undergoing CABG.
The size of the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is related to ischemia and injury induced by tissue reperfusion. These reperfusion's injuries can be reduced by injection of cyclosporin A (CsA) at the time of reperfusion. This post-conditioning reduces the final infarct size 20 to 40%. This has been demonstrated in STEMI patients non-complicated by cardiogenic shock. Early revascularization in the AMI complicated by cardiogenic shock improves short-term and long term survival by reducing the size of the myocardial infarction. The hypothesis of this study is that the administration of Cyclosporin A to these patients, in addition to mechanical reperfusion, is likely to reduce the severity of the multi-organ failure associated with the cardiogenic shock and improve clinical outcome.
A novel Cardiac MRI sequence, developed by Dr. Maria Altbach (Double Inversion radial fast Spin Echo T2 mapping), has been tested clinically. It demonstrated a high sensitivity to the heart muscle swelling ("edema") in different types of heart injury, including heart attacks. The investigators propose to use T2-Map methodology in patients with acute heart attacks and to compare value of this method with other clinical and imaging parameters in predicting short-term (30 day) clinical outcomes of these patients. If successful, the project will provide an effective risk-stratification tool to identify patients with heart attack as a result of atherosclerotic disease, who require more aggressive therapeutic approach and closer follow-up after initial hospitalization.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of human allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow cells (aMBMC) administered intravenously to subjects with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).