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Filter by:This pragmatic clinical trial embedded in an accountable care organization will determine the comparative effectiveness of two approaches for assigning care coordinators to older adults at risk for cardiovascular outcomes. The hypothesis is that assigning care coordinators to older adults based on perceived need will be more effective at preventing emergency department visits and hospitalizations compared to usual care.
There are limited data on how the guideline indications for ICD implantation are applied in clinical practice across Europe. Moreover, the impact of "time-dependence" of some indications to implantation on the guidelines adherence is still unknown. Objective of the present observational study is the evaluation of the adherence to the scientific guidelines in patients with a time-dependent indication to ICD/CRT-D implantation admitted to an in-hospital cardiac rehabilitation program.
The current ST-segment elevation (STEMI)/non-STEMI treatment paradigm misses nearly one fourth of acute coronary occlusions (ACO) that needs immediately reperfusion. Many of these cases can be recognized by subtle changes on ECG, but the current STEMI criteria do not include them. The investigators of this research believe a new occlusive/non-occlusive myocardial infarction (OMI/NOMI) approach will be superior to the established STEMI/non-STEMI paradigm in early detection of ACO, limiting infarct size, reducing re-hospitalizations and most important of all, reducing mortality.
Patients with chest pain and persistent ST segment elevation (STE) may not have acute coronary occlusions or serum troponin curves suggestive of acute necrosis. Our objective is the validation and cost-effectiveness analysis of a diagnostic model assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). Our hypothesis is that an AI analysis of the surface electrocardiogram allows a better distinction of patients with STE due to acute myocardial ischemia, from those with another etiology. This is a prospective multicenter study with two groups of patients with STE: I) coronary arteries without significant lesions and without serum troponin curve suggestive of acute necrosis, II) myocardial infarction with acute coronary occlusion. A manual centralized electrocardiographic analysis and another by AI algorithms will be performed.
The goal of this prospective cohort study is to investigate cardiac comorbidity in a random sample of approximately 1200 patients from a population of outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis referred to collectively as inflammatory arthritis (IA). The main questions it aims to answer are: - Using conventional echocardiography, the investigators aim to determine the prevalence of overt and asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction in a large random sample of outpatients with IA. Cardiac dysfunction will be evaluated by echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers (NT-pro-BNP, hs-TNT and hs-CRP). - In patients without known heart disease: Using 2, 5 and 10 year follow-up, the investigators aim to examine if advanced echocardiography can be used to detect early signs of heart disease by investigating the clinical significance of adding deformation measures - alone and in combination with selected biomarkers - to conventional risk factors in the cardiac risk assessment of patients with IA Participants will undergo an echocardiographic examination in combination with a general health assessment including obtainment of cardiac biomarkers and a electrocardiogram. Using advanced echocardiography - Tissue Doppler Imaging, 2- dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography, 3D-echocardiography and 3-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography - the investigators also aim to compare myocardial deformation parameters of patients with IA to a gender and age matched control group without IA from the Copenhagen City Heart Study.
In this study, the investigators evaluated the association between various measures of adiposity [BMI and waist circumference (WC)] and clinical outcomes in Asian patients with Myocardial Infarction who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention or bypass surgery, using a nationwide population based cohort.
The goal of this observational multi-center study is to evaluate the clinical performance of the i-STAT hs-TnI test (i-STAT High Sensitivity Troponin I) using the investigational i-STAT hs-TnI cartridge for the proposed intended use as an aid in the diagnosis and treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). The cartridge measures cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in whole blood or plasma samples using the i-STAT 1 Analyzer or i-STAT Alinity Instrument. Subjects presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest discomfort or equivalent ischemic symptoms suggestive of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) who are enrolled in this study will be asked to provide blood samples for testing.
A retrospective cohort study will be conducted on patients who were hospitalized at the University Hospital Basel (USB), University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), University Hospital Geneva (HUG) and the University Hospital Zurich (USZ) with the diagnosis of AMI and/or AHF. Baseline data will be collected in the hospital during treatment will be complemented by a short outcome evaluation.
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is myocardial necrosis caused by acute and continuous ischemia and hypoxia of coronary artery. It can be complicated with arrhythmia, shock or heart failure, which is often life-threatening. The disease is the most common in Europe and the United States, where about 1.5 million people suffer from myocardial infarction every year. China has shown an obvious upward trend in recent years, with at least 500000 new cases every year and at least 2 million current cases . At present, China has a high incidence rate of heart failure after myocardial infarction. The incidence of heart failure within 7 days after myocardial infarction is 19.3%, and the incidence of heart failure from 30 days to 6.7 years after myocardial infarction is 13.1%~37.5%. The incidence of heart failure after myocardial infarction significantly increases the risk of short-term and long-term death, and the prognosis is poor. At present, there is a lack of unified guidance and norms for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention and control strategies of heart failure after myocardial infarction. Cardiac remodeling is the basic pathological process of heart failure after myocardial infarction, and it is also one of the main factors affecting the prognosis of patients. Studies have shown that 30% of AMI have ventricular remodeling 6 months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and the risk of ventricular remodeling in anterior wall myocardial infarction is the highest. According to foreign literature data, the probability of ventricular remodeling after anterior wall acute myocardial infarction is about 13%, which is 1.9 times higher than that in other parts.Opening the infarct related coronary artery early can save the dying myocardium, reduce the infarct myocardial area and reduce the loss of cardiomyocytes.
Introduction Despite significant progresses in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and the development of reperfusion treatment methods, heart failure still often complicates its course. There are three types of postinfarction heart failure: occurring in the acute period, during hospital treatment and after discharge. Factors contributing to heart failure during hospitalization for MI and after discharge include comorbidity of the patient, worsening of pre-existing CHF and comorbidities. In the last decades we can observe higher level of myocardial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), improvement of pre-hospital care, which decreased mortality and HF; however, the proportion of HF patients with preserved ejection fraction increased. All these factors determine the urgency of the studied problem. Purpose of the study To identify the most significant factors contributing to the development of acute and subacute heart failure after myocardial infarction Materials and methods Retrospective and prospective non-randomized parallel-group analysis of 186 suffered MI (mean age 63.5 y) during one year was performed in this work, and in the main group of patients (86 patients) at 30 days after MI, chronic heart failure over 2F by NYHA was confirmed, and in comparison group (100 patients) CHF was either absent or did not exceed 2F by NYHA. The diagnosis of MI and CHF was made according to national and European guidelines. Both groups received standard therapy for CHF: ACE inhibitors/angiotensin 2/angiotensin receptor antagonists and neprolysin inhibitor (ARNI), β-blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (AMCR), SGLT2-receptor inhibitors; anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, statins, diuretics if necessary were also used. One year after discharge, clinical outcomes were assessed: cardiovascular mortality, repeated hospitalizations due to decompensation of CHF, death from other causes, stroke, repeated myocardial infarction, unscheduled coronary revascularization; telephone contacts were made every month, repeat visits to the clinic - one year later. The results were based on the information collected in the course of telephone contacts and via e-mail; hospitalizations were also monitored by querying the databases of medical institutions.