View clinical trials related to Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
Filter by:Sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk stratification is a challenge in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). The underlying mechanism of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) is mostly scar related. While electrophysiological mechanisms underlying ventricular arrhythmia are well known, late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) cardiac MRI-3D reconstructions are now able to guide VT ablation procedures. Such exam may help in identifying specific properties of scar at risk of malignant arrhythmia.
The purpose of this study is to optimize the complex treatment of chronic heart failure of non-ischemic etiology by supplementing umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells to the standard drug therapy.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between insulin resistance (IR) and myocardial tissue abnormalities. The study will focus on a patient population, South Asians, with a high prevalence of IR.
In a hitherto ill-defined proportion of patients with inflammatory/familial cardiomyopathy, the phenotype dilative cardiomyopathy (DCM) is assumed to be the endstage of a multifactorial etiopathogenetic pathophysiology. Precipitating factors include enhanced autoimmunity, predisposition for viral infections, environmental factors in addition to a specific 'genetic background' of the individual patient. It is unresolved, whether the susceptibility to immunologically mediated myocardial damage reflects the presence of genetic risk factors shared by other autoimmune diseases, or is cardio-specific with individual predisposing factors. Aims of the project are the search for a genetic link or oredisposition to autoimmune diseases in patients with familial / inflammatory DCM.
This study is an observational study to determine predictors of sudden cardiac death or appropriate ICD therapy in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Patients will be followed for 36 months for the occurrence of sudden cardiac death