Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Infarction"

The pharmacoinvasive approach after thrombolysis is the standard treatment of myocardial infarction when deadlines are too long for primary angioplasty. Coronary angioplasty is then carried out within 3 to 24 hours following thrombolysis. The adjuvant antiplatelet therapy of thrombolysis combines aspirin with clopidogrel (75 or 300 mg depending on age). These clopidogrel doses are associated with a very low anti-platelet aggregation response within 24 hours following administration. However, the antiplatelet agregation that inhibits the progression of intracoronary thrombus must be optimal at the time of angioplasty to reduce the risk of thrombotic events. Intracoronary thrombus residual angiographic post-thrombolysis was associated with impaired myocardial reperfusion but coronary angiography has a very low sensitivity for detecting the thrombus. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) is currently the method of choice to visualize and quantify the intracoronary thrombus. It is used routinely in the presence of a thrombus to correctly estimate the size of the artery and for the evaluation of good stent apposition. The thrombectomy at the time of angioplasty improves myocardial reperfusion, particularly in case of major thrombotic mass. Intracoronary thrombus residual post-thrombolysis could be a marker for the quality of reperfusion itself correlated to the quality of the antiplatelet post-thrombolysis. The investigators therefore hypothesize that the systematic use of the OCT before elective angioplasty (within 3 to 24 hours) after successful thrombolysis could be used to guide the use of thrombectomy and adequate stenting and thus improve myocardial reperfusion. Our study will also correlate the importance of the residual thrombus before angioplasty myocardial reperfusion one hand and to the inhibition of platelet activity observed other.

This study aims to assess the impact of NC balloon post-dilatation on coronary microcirculation in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).

The aim of the investigators trial was to evaluate association between new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) and late cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Troponins are sensitive and specific markers of cardiac injury. Critically ill patients frequently have elevated troponins. In this population, distinguishing patients with elevated troponins from those with myocardial infarction is difficult. However, troponin elevations on their own seem to be associated with an increased risk of death. The optimal treatment of patients with type 2 myocardial infarction or non ischemia related troponin elevations during critical illness is unclear. There are no trials in the ICU setting to guide management. This study is a 1-month pilot cohort study of troponin screening in 4 Ontario intensive care units. The objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the ability to perform a larger study, which will determine the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for elevated troponin values, how patients with elevated troponin values are treated as a baseline, and the incidence of myocardial infarction in critically ill patients. Knowing the prognostic impact of these conditions and understanding current management will thereafter guide researchers and clinicians on the importance of carefully evaluating potential risk-modifying therapies.

This is a multi-centre observational study. It will make use of the positron emission tomography (PET) tracer 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) as a marker of coronary plaque vulnerability to detect culprit and non-culprit unstable coronary plaques in patients with recent myocardial infarctions. The investigators will then perform long-term follow-up of these patients to determine the prognostic significance of coronary 18F-NaF uptake

Patients with myocardial infarction, which does not include all layers of the heart's muscle wall are common and they often receive pharmacological treatment with the platelet inhibiting drug ticagrelor. However, the drug uptake after an oral dose of 180mg ticagrelor has not been thoroughly studied in these patients. The present study will evaluate ticagrelor uptake and platelet aggregation after a 180 mg loading dose ticagrelor in these patients.

Approx. 65% of resuscitated patients at the intensive care unit for internal medicine are due to myocardial infarction. Almost all patients are initially diagnosed and treated in the cath lab. Therapy usually consists of one or more stent implantations. After implantation of a coronary stent, dual platelet inhibition is necessary for 12 months. Insufficient platelet inhibition causes an pronounced increase in risk of stent thrombosis. Therefore, knowledge of the individual platelet function is valuable. Several factors potentially promote a delayed or reduced mode of action of platelet function inhibitors in resuscitated patients: oral administration is impossible and medication needs to be administered via a gastric line. gastric absorption is delayed after resuscitation according to current guidelines patients are treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Including the time of rewarming cooling period is ~48h

The concentration of troponins in plasma is used for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction. Different types of heart-specific troponins can be measured and with different analytical methods. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic characteristics of a new analytical method for measuring troponin I in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction.

The objective of this study is to analyze the Demographics, Clinical Profiles, Management, in-Hospital and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Syndrome And Myocardial Infarction with Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.

In late December 2019, an emerging disease due to a novel coronavirus (named SARS-CoV-2) rapidly spread in China and outside. France is currently facing the COVID-19 wave with more than 131 863 confirmed cases and almost 25 201 deaths. Systems of care have been reorganized in an effort to preserve hospital bed capacity, resources, and avoid exposure of patients to the hospital environment where COVID-19 may be more prevalent. Therefore, elective procedures of catheterization and programmed hospitalizations have been delayed. However, a significant proportion of procedures within the catheterization laboratory such as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non ST elevation myocardial infarction or unstable angina are mandatory and cannot be postponed. Surprisingly, invasive cardiologist noticed a drop in STEMI volume without reliable data to confirm this impression. Furthermore, a recent single center report in Hong Kong pointed out longer delays of taking care when compared to patients with STEMI treated with percutaneous intervention the previous year. These data are at major concern because delay in seeking care or not seeking care could have detrimental impact on outcomes.