Active clinical trials for "Infarction"

This is the largest study to evaluate incidence and distribution of silent cerebral infarction (SBI) following endovascular repair for disease of the aortic arch. Also, it is the first cohort to include total endovascular arch repair and devices flushed with carbon dioxide (CO2) to prevent gaseous cerebral embolization.

Coronary microcirculatory dysfunction has been known to be prevalent even after successful revascularization of STEMI patients. Previous study presented that index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) in culprit vessel of STEMI patients showed significant association with the risk of cardiac death or heart failure admission. Recent technical development enabled angiographic derivation of IMR without pressure wire, hyperemic agents, or theromdilution method. In this regard, the current study will evaluate prognostic implication of angiography-derived IMR in STEMI patients who were successfully revascularized.

The goal of this study is to identify the risk factors for the occurrence of arrythmia in patient with stemi in prehospital management. We included 652 patients who presenting a STEMI from september 2017 to october 2020 and manage by physician in prehospital and bring to CHU of Dijon. We analyse and compare the caracteristics of a group of STEMI patients who presenting an arrythmia to an other groupe of STEMI patient without arrythmia

The purpose of this study is to develop a risk score to predict the risks of in-hospital major adverse cardiac events in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Contrast induced acute kidney injury has commonly been referred to as contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) defined as an increase in serum creatinine ≥25% or ≥0.5 mg/dl from baseline within 48-72 hours with peak incidence 2-5 days after contrast exposure.1. CIN, Which can potentially lead to acute kidney failure or mortality, is still common among hospitalized patients. In addition, contrast medium exposure may lead to long-term outcomes such as dialysis-requiring renal failure or death.2. The incidence of CIN ranges from 7% to 25% in different population subgroups based on the risk status. Hence, risk stratification has an important bearing in order to provide the appropriate preventive therapies to those high-risk individuals before and after contrast media exposure.3. In the past, several risk prediction models have been proposed to envisage the CIN incidence. Mehran proposed a scoring system comprising eight variables which correlated well with the CIN risk. Despite having a fair degree of accuracy; complexity was one of the major limitations of such models.4 .Most predictive models for contrast induced nephropathy in clinical use have modest ability, and are only applied to patients receiving contrast for coronary angiography. Further research is needed to develop models that can better inform patient centered decision making, as well as improve the use of preventive strategies for contrast induced nephropathy.5. ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a clinical syndrome defined by characteristic symptoms of myocardial ischemia in association with persistent electrocardiographic ST elevation (STE) and subsequent release of biomarkers of myocardial necrosis.1 STE is the single best immediately available surrogate marker for detecting acute complete coronary artery occlusion, denoting a significant region of injured myocardium at imminent risk of irreversible infarction, requiring immediate reperfusion therapy.6. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) if performed in a timely fashion is the recommended modality of reperfusion in STEMI cases as per guidelines [ACC-ESC-STEMI & revascularization]. Frequently, baseline kidney functions are unknown, nevertheless, to maximize salvaging myocardial tissue for STEMI patients; immediate reperfusion is prioritized over awaiting tests results. Considering the systemic inflammatory response associated with STEMI and that commonly due to severe pain and agony, those patients are not properly hydrated, added to higher prevalence of MI-related myocardial dysfunction and heart failure than in elective cases, primary PCI for STEMI cases might have higher risk than usual of CIN.7,8. The CHA2DS2-VASC score is traditionally used for embolic risk stratification in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients and includes the following variables: congestive heart failure (CHF), hypertension, age ≥75 years, diabetes mellitus (DM), previous stroke, vascular disease, age 65 to 74 years and sex.9. The CHA2DS2-VASC score has been reported recently to have a prognostic utility to predict adverse clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), regardless of having AF.10. The CHA2DS2VASC score is practical and easy to memorize and apply in STEMI cases, however, strong evidence to validate its prognostic value in predicting CIN in the setting acute STEMI is lacking.

The National Tunisian Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention is an observational, prospective and multicenter study aiming to assess coronary intervention strategies in tunisian departments of cardiology. Cardiologists from both sectors (public and private) are participating in the study, with 37 investigational centers. Data will be captured electronically by DACIMA Clinical Suite, according to FDA 21 CFR part 11 (Food and Drug Administration 21 Code of Federal Regulations part 11), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) & ICH (International Conference on Harmonisation) requirements.

An extracranial-to-intracranial (EC-IC) revascularization is the most widely used treatment to improve cerebral perfusion in patients with moyamoya disease (MMD), and it has been shown to reduce the risk of subsequent stroke and neurological deficit. However, perioperative changes in cerebral hemodynamics can induce fluctuations in cerebral perfusion that may lead to transient or irreversible neurological deficits. Our preliminary single-center study suggests that postoperative intravenous administration of dl-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) may alleviate perioperative neurological deficits and improve the neurological outcomes after EC-IC revascularization for MMD. This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, single-controlled, add-on to standard of care study of NBP in patients with MMD of high risk for ischemic cerebrovascular events after EC-IC revascularization surgery.

Despite a relatively high prevalence of non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (NACAD) among young women, the majority of these abnormalities were misdiagnosed in this population, and thus treatments were not targeted adequately in this patient population. Furthermore, the short and long-term cardiovascular outcomes of young women with NACAD have not been evaluated. Given the importance of NACAD in young women, the challenges of diagnosis and subsequent treatment, and unknown outcomes with NACAD, we propose a prospective registry to further evaluate this population. We propose to evaluate young women (age < or equal to 55) presenting with myocardial infarction (MI) prospectively, to diagnose the etiology of MI differentiating atherosclerotic versus NACAD, to correlate the prevalence of FMD in other vascular territory, and to evaluate the long-term outcome of young women with NACAD in comparison to those with atherosclerotic CAD over a 5-year follow-up.

Introduction: Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery are at increased risk of cardiovascular complications. The development of methods that can accurately predict the occurrence of these events is of critical importance and large studies have been published with this purpose. Based on these studies, several algorithms have been proposed to predict of cardiovascular events postoperatively. However, quantification of this risk is often difficult to measure, especially in those patients with subclinical disease, not always detected in routine evaluation. The ankle brachial index (ABI) has proved a valuable tool in the quantification of cardiovascular risk, and perhaps the most promising when compared with other methods. It is easy, cheap, fast and feasible in office care, with a great acceptance between patients and small intra and inter observer variability. Despite strong evidence of the utility of ABI as a tool in assessing cardiovascular risk, there are no data about the use of ABI in other patients referred for non vascular surgery, which constitutes the majority of operations performed worldwide. Objectives: To evaluate the use of ABI as a predictor of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing non-cardiac and non-vascular surgery and its applicability as a tool in the reclassification of patient risk groups established by guidelines for perioperative evaluation. Methods: 300 moderate to high risk patients referred for non-vascular and non-cardiac will be included. Data about risk factors, signs and symptoms, physical examination and treatment used will be collected before surgery. The ABI will be measured and the patient will be monitored for 30 days to the detection of cardiovascular events: death from any cardiovascular causes, unstable angina, nonfatal myocardial infarction, isolated elevation of troponin, decompensated heart failure, cardiogenic shock, stop nonfatal heart failure, pulmonary edema, stroke and lower limb ischemia. Postoperative electrocardiogram, total creatine kinase, MB fraction and troponin I will be measured daily until 3º day and whenever clinically indicated.

Increasing air travel has resulted in a significant increase in aeromedical evacuation over the past decade. However there is only a small amount of epidemiological data available on the diagnosis, costs and transport characteristics of aeromedical evacuation cases. In the present study Cases of aeromedical evacuation by a relief organization (Workers' Samaritan Federation Germany) were analyzed based on the following criteria: age, sex and diagnosis of the patient, ventilation mode, days of illness before transport, type of transport, flight routes, flying time, flight distance, type of aircraft, type and distance of connecting transport from the destination airport to the final hospital, total cost per repatriation, and costs per flight-minute of each transport type.