Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Infarction"

The WHISH trial applies state-of-the science behavioral principles and currently available technologies to deliver a physical activity intervention without face-to-face contact to ~25,000 older U.S. women expected to consent. It includes the National Institute of Aging (NIA) Go4Life® Exercise & Physical Activity materials 3 and WHISH developed targeted materials based on Go4Life® to provide inspirational tips and recommendations about how to achieve nationally recommended levels of PA and overcome barriers to exercise, with a means for self-monitoring and setting personal goals. The intervention builds upon evidence-based behavioral science principles and intervention components that have proven to be effective in increasing PA in older women, with innovative adaptive approaches to tailoring the delivery to meet individual (personal) needs.

The project is focussed on evaluating the impact of using a female-specific threshold in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. This female threshold is lower than the overall hs-cTn threshold currently in use. The investigators hypothesize that this change in process, applied at the hospital level, will lead to better assessment, treatment and outcomes of women presenting to the emergency department with chest pain that is cardiac in nature.

After a myocardial infarction (MI), patients discharged home in sinus rhythm may develop AF that is asymptomatic, undetected, and undertreated. Previous studies (CARISMA and ARREST) have demonstrate high rates of new-onset AF recorded on implantable loop recorder (ILR), although the routine implantation of ILRs post-MI remains costly and invasive. The external loop recorder may effectively identify patients with new-onset AF through a validated diagnostic algorithm and targeted monitoring during a high-risk period (immediately after hospital discharge). We will prospectively randomize patients to receive an external loop recorder or standard care, evaluating rates of new-onset AF developing within 30 days after MI.

This prospective observational cohort study, will investigate the platelet phenotype, platelet genetic composition, and role of platelets as effector cells in women and men with myocardial infarction (MINOCA or MI-CAD) and controls. This study, which will take place at NYU and Bellevue Medical Center, and participating external sites. May have concurrent enrollment with the HARP Main Imaging (NCT02914483). Additionally, a sex, group of age and race matched disease controls 'CATH-NOCA' composed of women and men with stable angina referred for cardiac catheterization, will be enrolled. Blood obtained during the initial catheterization and 2 months post-MI will be utilized for platelet testing.

In this study, in order to better understand the mechanism of troponin clearance and the reason for elevated troponin levels in patients with CKD, we aim to evaluate quantitatively the excretion of troponin in the urine in patients with and without CKD, and with and without myocardial injury. We will compare urinary troponin levels with blood troponin levels in these patients. In addition, we will compare the levels of hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI in the patients' sera and urine.

The main aim of the study is to build and test a cardiac-specific coil purposely assembled in house to suit the FFC-MRI whole-body prototype and to test if it could be used for clinical cardiac scans in human subject populations.

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the most common cause of cardiogenic shock (CS), and CS is the most common cause of death in patients with AMI. Percutaneous mechanical circulation is one of the most important techniques in the treatment of AMICS. Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is the most commonly used mechanical circulatory assist device in clinic. However, the existing clinical evidence shows that IABP can not improve the clinical outcome of patients with AMICS. As for impella and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system, there was still no difference in overall mortality compared with IABP in AMICS. Until now, IABP-shock II study is the largest randomized controlled study so far. However, this study has limitations. In a recent retrospective study, the project team investigated the use of IABP and the outcomes of more than 300 AMI cases in three provincial capitals of Northeast China in 2016. It was found that the 28 day survival rate of patients in the early use of IABP group was significantly higher than that in the late use group. The investigators speculate that IABP may significantly improve the clinical outcomes of patients with AMICS if it can be used in the earlier stage of CS (stage B). This multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled study will involve 512 participants in about 15 centers. Patients diagnosed with AMI (including STEMI and NSTEMI) complicated with shock stage B (SCAI definition criteria) received early revascularization (PCI or CABG) and standardized drug treatment according to the current guidelines before meeting the study inclusion criteria. After reviewing the inclusion criteria, participants were randomized to two groups (IABP group and control group) in a ratio of 1:1. The investigators speculated that IABP could significantly improve the clinical outcomes of patients with AMICS if it could be used in the earlier stage of CS (stage B). At present, there is no clinical study on the use of IABP in AMICS (stage B). It is worth carrying out the corresponding clinical research, in order to study the real role of IABP in patients with AMICS and explore the treatment strategy of AMICS in line with China's national conditions.

This is a single-center, prospective, observational controlled cohort study designed to describe the role of WNT/B-catenin signaling and adenosine system after an acute myocardial infarction, correlating it with clinical markers of fibrosis/remodeling (primary objective). The modulation of the aforementioned molecular patterns will also be evaluated in light of the type of P2Y12 inhibitor implemented (ticagrelor or prasugrel) to identify variations in response (secondary objective).

The study design is a prospective, multicenter, observational, single-arm post-approval study using data collected in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR®) CathPCI Registry®.

The proportion of noncardiac surgeries performed as same-day surgery is increasing worldwide, with more complex surgeries being performed on higher risk patients in the outpatient setting. Little is known on the risk factors, incidence and prognosis of patients undergoing same-day noncardiac surgery. The main objective of this study is to inform on the incidence and risk factors of cardiovascular and other adverse events after same-day surgery and to develop risk prediction tools to better inform on the risk and selection of patients undergoing same-day surgery.