Active clinical trials for "Infarction"

Patients with a cardiac stab wound could be complicated by a posttraumatic acute myocardial infarction (PAMI). Traditionally, the investigators can explain it by the occlusion of a coronary artery; but the PAMI isn´t constantly related with coronary artery injuries or their damage in the cardiac injury repair. The investigators objectives are to know the PAMI incidence, make an approximation to PAMI pathophysiology, and propose management strategies.

The purpose of this registry is to evaluate long-term clinical events in patients with acute myocardial infarction who were treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Although numerous articles have been published by using nationwide Korean myocardial infarction registries, such as the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (KAMIR), limitation of previous registries is that these have little data beyond the first year of MI. Therefore, current registry was designed to assess long-term clinical events in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Because most of myocardial infarction patients were treated by revascularization in real world of Korea, this registry limits the inclusion criteria to patients who were treated with percutaneous coronary intervention to reduce the bias.

The wearable cardiac defibrillator (WCD) is an alternative to the implantation of cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death (mostly bridging therapy). The Cologne register of wearable defibrillator (CRWD) is a prospective register for all patient with an indication of wearable defibrillator.

ASCOT-10 is a follow-up study of surviving participants in the United Kingdom (UK)arm of the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) which was conducted between 2000 and 2005.ASCOT's results showed substantial cardiovascular benefit from: 1) the use of a cholesterol lowering drug (atorvastatin) compared to placebo, and 2) the use of a blood-pressure lowering strategy based on amlodipine when compared to a strategy based on atenolol. ASCOT-10 will test the hypothesis that the ASCOT subjects who originally received Atorvastatin and those who received amlodipine based treatment will continue to show a cardiovascular benefit relative to those who did not, even though all the subjects have had access to optimal treatment in the interim.

There are growing evidences that gait speed is inversely associated with all causes mortality especially cardiovascular mortality among the elderly. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the predictive value of gait speed for cardiovascular events in patients after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

INcheon-Bucheon cohorT of patients undERgoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-ELevation myocardiaL infARction (INTERSTELLAR) registry is a retrospective, observational, 4-regional-hospital based registry reflecting current practices of management, risk factors, and clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention at cities of Incheon and Bucheon located in the mid-western part of the Korean peninsula between 2007 and 2014.

The Purpose of this study is to examine whether evidence of channeling exists by analyzing within a cohort of participants with first prescriptions of single-ingredient paracetamol or ibuprofen (or both) whether participants with paracetamol were more likely to have an ibuprofen-related contraindication.

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is an urgent symptom associated with sudden myocardial ischemia and ST segment elevated in ECG. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) re-open infarct artery efficiently for STEMI patients. However, patients are readmitted shortly after the primary PCI for several unfavorable clinical outcomes including thrombosis in stent, recurrence of myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure. This study is intended to test the predictive ability of a new biomarker soluble ST2 (sST2) in peripheral blood. Previous studies have shown that elevated sST2 is highly associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes of patients with ischemia heart diseases and heart failure. This study will further investigate the ability of sST2 to predict unfavorable outcomes for STEMI patients after primary PCI.

The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been proven to be reliable inflammatory marker for atherosclerotic process and predictor for clinical outcomes in patients with various cardiovascular diseases. Recent study reported elevated NLR was associated with impaired myocardial perfusion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. The investigators sought to determine whether NLR is associated with coronary microcirculation assessed by index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) in STEMI patients who undergone primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A total of 123 patients with STEMI underwent successful primary PCI were consecutively enrolled. NLR at admission was calculated, and the patients were divided into three groups according to NLR tertiles. IMR was measured by intracoronary thermodilution-derived method immediately after index PCI.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on circulating prolylcarboxypeptidase (PRCP) level and activity.