Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Infarction"

To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the ALEX stent in a real-world setting of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with coronary heart disease.

The introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) in the treatment of coronary artery disease has led to a significant reduction in morbidity. However, the first generation of these devices had no positive impact on the mortality after PCI (compared to bare metal stents), which was greatly attributed to a somewhat increased incidence of late and very late stent thrombosis. Concerns about the role of durable polymers as a potential trigger of inflammation and finally adverse events also led to the development of DES with biodegradable coatings, which leave after degradation of the coating only a bare metal stent in the vessel wall that does not induce an inflammatory response. While such biodegradable polymer DES are increasingly used in clinical practice, there is no data available from head-to-head comparisons between biodegradable and contemporary third generation durable polymer DES.

Physical exercise training appears effective for low to moderate patients assigned to cardiac rehabilitation. However, adherence to cardiac rehabilitation is low and physical activity levels often drop after attending the last supervised rehabilitation session. This study will compare home based physical exercise training including telemonitoring with regular centre based physical exercise training. Main outcome measures are the change in physical activity and the change in physical fitness (peak Oxygen uptake) after the initial rehabilitation period (12 weeks) and after 1 year. Secondary outcome measures are cost-effectiveness, training adherence, health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction.

The study would enrolled a total of 2100 AMI patients undergoing PCI to one of three antithrombotic regimens: bivalirudin alone, or unfractionated heparin alone, or unfractionated heparin plus a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor. All enrolled patients would be followed-up to 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bivalirudin in AMI patients with DES.

The object of this study was to evaluate the effect of a high-dose ethylester concentrate of of n-3 fatty acids administered early after an acute myocardial infarction on subsequent cardiac events and serum lipids.The second purpose of this study was to assess the impact of high-dose n-3 fatty acids on several markers of coagulation, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and lipid peroxidation. Re-investigation was intended after a prolonged wash-out-period.

The aim of the present trial is to assess the efficacy of the standalone use of SeQuent(R) Please coated balloon compared to a bare metal stent (BMS) in patients with NSTEMI.

Dual antiplatelet therapy is essential in patients following ST-Elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and drug eluting stent implantation. Current guidelines recommend prasugrel and ticagrelor in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PPCI. We sought to investigate the superiority antiplatelet effect in terms of PR level of loading dose (LD) of Prasugrel (60 mg) versus LD of Ticagrelor (180 mg) in diabetic patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI at 1 and 2 hours post drug administration. Secondary end-points will be: PR level measured at 6 and 12 hours post study drugs administrationin hospital. All consecutive diabetic patients with STEMI undergoing PPCI with stent implantation will be considered for PR assessment at 1-2-6-12 h after the drug LD administration. All patients must will be naïve for platelet P2Y12 receptor inhibition therapy. A subanalysis will be performed between two study groups according to insulin treatment.

The propose of this study is to determine whether N-acetylcysteine is effective in reversing the changes in thyroid hormones seen in critical illness, known as the low T3 syndrome.

The purpose of this multicenter, randomized, open label, parallel arm study whether the newest 3rd generation stent - Orsiro hybrid sirolimus-eluting stent is noninferior to the newest 2nd generation stent - Resolute Integrity zotarolimus-eluting stent in terms of 9 months in-stent late lumen loss. 345 Korean patients with a wide variety of coronary heart disease will be enrolled to this "all-comers" trial to give definite answer to the above hypothesis that is urgently needed.

This study explores the potential cardioprotective properties of danegaptide when administered to patients with ST-Segment elevation myocardial infarction.