Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Infarction"

Sudden death from ventricular arrhythmia is a serious and common complication of myocardial infarction, especially with low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation is currently recommended at three months of optimal medical treatment in patients who have had a myocardial infarction and have a LVEF below 35%. This strategy indeed allows a reduction in mortality while early post-infarction implantation showed no benefit in terms of survival. However, the risk of sudden death at this period is the greatest and the temporary defibrillator vest, marketed under the name LifeVest, is now indicated in the early post-infarction period in patients with LVEF less than 35%. Indeed, the LifeVest would allow a reduction in sudden death of rhythmic origin in the first three months post-infarction. No study has yet investigated the prognostic significance of a ventricular rhythm disorder (ventricular tachycardia [VT] or ventricular fibrillation [VF]) occurring during this early and short (approximately 3 months) particular period of wearing the LifeVest: is this a random event, or is it an event predictive of a rhythmic recurrence? The aim of the study is to assess the association between the occurrence of a sustained ventricular rhythm disorder in the early post-infarction period, during the period of wearing the LifeVest (ventricular episodes detected, treated or not), and the risk of rhythmic recurrence at 12 months.

The study intends to investigate the alteration of regional myocardial work in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and compare the distribution of regional myocardial work in patients with/without early remodeling at acute phase and 3-month follow-up.

The purpose of the study is to assess the prevalence and the prognostic value of non-invasive indexes and programmed ventricular stimulation for sudden cardiac death in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)>40%.

The purpose of this study is to compare optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans performed in the same coronary artery with two different OCT systems (Lunawave and OPTIS) before and after implantation of stents or bioresorbable scaffolds.

A single-center, prospective case series clinical study consecutively enrolling up to 10 patients with expected duration of 12 months or less. The study objectives are to evaluate retention and the feasibility of integrating therapeutic hypothermia using the ZOLL IVTM System.

Metabolic syndrome (MS) has been reported as a risk for cardiovascular events. The aim of the present cohort study is to investigate whether ACEi therapy reduces the rate of periprocedural myocardial injury (PPMI) after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among patients with metabolic syndrome.

The aims of the present study are to evaluate the information obtained by the EarlySenese monitoring system and examine correlation of the obtained data and clinical events.

The purpose of this study is to determine if a sizable myocardial infarction (heart attack) results in negative changes to renal structure and function (i.e. has a negative impact on the kidneys). To determine if the renal response to a myocardial infarction is a predictor of the patients future health.

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) represent the leading cause of death in France. Their incidence is increasing due to population aging and to the persistence of cardiovascular risk factors. Currently, revascularization surgery remains outside the emergency treatment, because early performed, it tends to lead to extension and hemorrhage of the infarcted area, because of the CPB, aortic clamping, cardioplegia, and other heart manipulation. However, CABG are indicated as an emergency in some situations of STEMI: Threat of infarction of an extended territory without favorable anatomy to angioplasty, anatomy not favorable to angioplasty associated with cardiogenic shock or persistent ischemia, acute complications of myocardial infarction (massive mitral insufficiency, interventricular communication, parietal rupture) requiring surgery under CPB with concomitant bypass surgery or failure of angioplasty (proximal coronary dissection). Operative mortality is high; 15 to 20% for patients operated 12 to 48 hours after AMI and 4-5% for those operated after 48 hours. Nevertheless, it seems legitimate to study if there would be a place for primary surgical revascularization in case of patient with hemodynamically stable ACS, in order to limit myocardial ischemia, spread of necrosis, to limit the risk of recurrence, and the consequences of low cardiac output. Performing a complete early surgical revascularization could limit the ischemia-reperfusion syndrome and anticipate the occurrence of cardiogenic shock.

The study intends to provide important data on whether the noval method using quantitative flow ratio could predict microvascular dysfunction.