Active clinical trials for "Infarction"

The VIAMI-trial investigates the effects of balloon angioplasty with stenting of the infarct-vessel in the early phase after acute myocardial infarction. The study concerns patients who have residual viable tissue in the infarct-area after being treated with thrombolysis. It is postulated that only patients with remaining viable tissue are at high-risk for recurrent infarction or anginal attacks and that stenting of the infarct-vessel will reduce this risk considerably.

To determine if silent myocardial ischemia was associated with an increased risk of cardiac mortality and morbidity during a one to three year follow-up in patients with coronary heart disease.

To investigate drug-gene interactions on the incidence of non-fatal myocardial infarction and stroke for hypertensive patients.

To determine if selected circulating blood factors that reflect enhanced thrombogenesis are associated with an increased incidence of recurrent coronary events, including cardiac death or non-fatal myocardial infarction.

To provide new scientific information regarding the role of physical activity in primary and secondary disease prevention, particularly coronary heart disease (CHD).

To investigate the composition and nature of weight loss and weight maintenance during the Look AHEAD trial. Also, to model changes in resting energy expenditure and changes in cardiac structure and function associated with weight loss.

To evaluate a series of thrombotic, inflammatory, and genetic markers for myocardial infarction among participants in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (WHI-OS).

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been known as a risk factor for coronary artery disease, heart failure, cerebrovascular accident and atrial fibrillation. One study reported that patients with OSA have more atherosclerotic plaque burden in intravascular ultrasonography examination. Among patients who admitted with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 65.7% (69 of 105) patients were diagnosed with OSA. Other long-term follow-up study revealed that 45.4% of patients (594 of 1311) who performed percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were diagnosed with OSA. Moreover, the OSA group was a significant independent predictor of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs). Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of OSA. But, PSG is expensive, time-consuming and difficult to perform immediately. Recently, a portable device named WATCH-PAT (Itamar Ltd, Israel) was developed for the diagnosis of OSA. Validation study demonstrated a high correlation between WATCH-PAT and PSG in apnea-hypopnea index, lowest oxygen saturation and sleep time. This result suggested WATCH-PAT can be performed as an alternative or supportive device of PSG. WATCH-PAT. The portable device also can be useful to detect OSA in bus drivers who can be the reason for public traffic accidents. Moreover, WATCH-PAT can be applied to assess postoperative improvement of OSA. Although OSA is known as one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, there is a lack of evidence to recommend of the evaluation of sleep disorder in patient with coronary artery disease. Awareness and compliance for OSA are very low in both patients and cardiologists. Active diagnosis and treatment are definitely needed. Therefore, the primary endpoint of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of OSA in AMI patients who treated PCI. The secondary endpoint is to evaluate the 1-year incidence rate of MACCEs according to the presence or absence of OSA.

This study will evaluate the effect of a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme on blood protein molecules that may improve the function of arteries in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who have suffered a heart attack. CAD patients who have either agreed or disagreed to take part in a CR programme will be recruited. This will allow a comparison of the study measurements between a group of patients who complete a CR programme and a group of patients who do not. The other objective of this study is to perform interviews with the study participants and their significant others (i.e. spouse, family member, or a close friend) to listen to the reasons why patients agreed or disagreed to take part in a CR programme.

Left ventricular thrombus is a common complication subsequent to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) that related to increased embolic events. This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety outcomes of Rivaroxaban on the prevention of post-STEMI left ventricular thrombus.