Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Ischemia"

Today, MRI is the gold standard for the precise assessment of left ventricular volume and function, but presents the drawback of having a long acquisition time and of generating motion artifacts, in particular respiratory artifacts, requiring repeated sequences in apnea to cover the whole cardiac volume. These apneas are difficult to achieve in patients with ischemic heart disease and may lead to degradation of the images, an increase in the duration of the examination by repeated acquisitions and therefore to diagnostic inaccuracies. Artificial intelligence, already used in practice in cardiac MRI for automatic segmentation of the heart chambers, improves radiological interpretation with rapid and precise measurements. Deep-learning, which is part of artificial intelligence, would allow the reconstruction of cine-MRI sequences in free breathing, in order to overcome the artifacts from respiratory motions, and the improvement of diagnostic performance while improving examination conditions for patients. Patients coming for a cardiac MRI for the assessment of ischemic heart disease will be eligible to the protocol. If the patient agrees to participate, a free-breathing cardiac cine-MRI sequence with Deep Learning based image reconstruction will be added to the usual protocol. No follow-up will be required in this study.

Long-term prognostic value of macrovascular and microvascular coronary artery stenoses in each type of cardiomyopathy.

We propose a single-scan two-injection myocardial perfusion imaging protocol using ammonia. Subjects will undergo single-scan two-injection imaging as well as regular stress single-scan single-injection protocol and the myocardial blood flow of both techniques will be compared.

The investigators prognostic impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) and of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with indication of TAVI is controversial, particularly in elderly population where CAD and aortic stenosis (AS) are frequent and commonly coexisted. (1-2) The primary end point of this prospective study is to compare major cardiovascular event at one year of follow up in patients over 80 years with severe aortic stenosis who referred for TAVI with or without associated CAD. The investigators will also assess (secondary endpoint) the impact of PCI on symptoms, major events and quality of life using geriatric parameters. The study will be conducted in the University hospital of Montpellier between November 2020 and November 2022

Define a signature of gut microbiota composition and related metabolites in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, non ST-elevation myocardial infarction and chronic coronary disease (CAD).

Using INTERASPIRE model to determine patients with established CHD whether the guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention are being followed or not with incorporation of COVID 19 as a risk factor with the other classical risk factors to understand significance of the new pandemic virus in mortality and morbidity of CVD and coronary events in association with the other known classical risk factors .

In this study the investigators retrospectively and prospectively collect information from enrolled subjects undergoing CCTA and evaluate the association of cardiac and non-cardiac imaging with laboratory markers and clinical data including outcome.

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) affects 2-7% of persons > 65 years, symptoms include: angina and dyspnea, dizziness and syncope. Coincidence of coronary artery disease (CAD), also presenting with angina and dyspnea, in patients with AS between 40 - 65% . Angina in AS caused by significant reduction of coronary flow reserve (CFR). CFR is the ratio of maximal flow increase in the coronary vessel bed during maximal hyperaemia (medically or exercise induced). FFR (fractional flow reserve) use in patients with AS potentially invalid due to dysfunctional CFR leading to potential undertreatment of CAD in these patients.CFR disturbance in AS mainly due to myocardial overload causing concentric hypertrophy, increased oxygen consumption and neurohormonal activation leading to increased vascular resistance. Current studies are investigating the validity of FFR and iFR in AS patients. Recent data demonstrate very good correlation between FFR and iFR derived values to PET myocardial perfusion imaging values in patients with no evidence of AS. Our study aims to investigate the diagnostic performance of FFR and iFR in intermediate-grade coronary stenosis in patients with severe aortic valve disease and correlate FFR- and iFR derived values with those extracted from PET-perfusion Imaging.

After lung resection, troponin elevation may be regulated by mechanisms other than myocardial ischemia. Perioperative natriuretic peptides measurement may help identify changes in ventricular function during thoracic surgery. Integrating both cardiac biomarkers may improve the predictive value for cardiovascular complications after lung resection.

The ECAD registry is a registry of patients undergoing coronary angiography at the West German Heart and Vascular Center. The registry anticipates to determine predictors of patient outcome after coronary angiography.