Active clinical trials for "Shock, Cardiogenic"

The study compares the therapies of instant multivessel balloon angioplasty plus stent implantation or the balloon angioplasty plus stent implantation of the infarct artery alone with any possible graduated later treatment of the other vessels in patients with acute myocardial infarction with cardioganic shock. The main study hypothesis is to explore if culprit vessel only PCI with potentially subsequent staged revascularization in comparison to immediate multivessel revascularization by PCI in patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction reduces the incidence of 30- day mortality and/or severe renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy.

Outcome of patients with myocardial infarction complicated with cardiogenic shock is very poor. Although early mechanical revascularization has been demonstrated superior to conservative medical treatment, mortality range remains about 45-60%. Some medical registries have showed further therapeutic benefit by administration of glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors during PCI in patients with cardiogenic shock. However, there is no randomized study that supports this therapeutic strategy in these high risk patients. Hypothesis: GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors improve angiographic (TIMI-flow), echocardiographic (LV function) and clinical (combined end-point) outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction complicated with cardiogenic shock. Study design: Open "pseudorandomized" multicenter, phase IV clinical trial. Anticipated findings: The investigators anticipate to document better angiographic, echocardiographic and clinical outcome after upfront abciximab administration in comparison to standard periprocedural therapy in patients undergoing PCI for cardiogenic shock. This would be the first randomized clinical trial that could support this therapeutic strategy.

Prospective, randomized, single-center, controlled, open-label Pilot-study to investigate whether induction of mild hypothermia in addition to primary percutaneous coronary intervention and optimal medical therapy in myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock improves cardiac power index after 24 h.

Eligible patients with severe cardiogenic shock will be randomized to one of the two arms: immediate ECMO therapy or early conservative therapy. In the invasive group, veno-arterial ECMO will be implanted according to the local practice with flow settings to ensure sufficient tissue perfusion. With the exception of ECMO implantation in the invasive group, all other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures will be done according to the current standard of care at the tertiary cardiovascular center, including other cardiovascular interventions (i.e. percutaneous coronary intervention or cardiac surgery). Implantation of other mechanical support devices including ECMO in the primary conservative group is allowed in the case of shock progression with rise of serum lactate by 3 mmol/L in comparison with the lowest value during the past 24 hours. Follow-up include visits at 30 days, 6 moths and 12 months.

This is a prospective, randomized, non-blinded, single-center efficacy study of acutely decompensated heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), low cardiac index (<2.2) as determined by pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) who have been hemodynamically stabilized and ready for transition to oral vasodilator therapy at the discretion of the clinician. The investigators would like to accomplish the following objectives with this study: Establish the superiority of an upfront initiation strategy for sacubitril-valsartan at maintaining patients on ARNI therapy at one-month follow-up compared to usual care. Establish the safety of initiating sacubitril-valsartan in an intensive care setting Characterize the hemodynamic effect of sacubitril-valsartan on patients with low cardiac output Expand the population of hospitalized patients that can be initiated on ARNIs and thus facilitate prior to hospital discharge patients who are on optimal goal-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure

Venoarterial (VA) ECMO is a form of life support for patients with severe cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest. Although it can be lifesaving, currently many patients still die or have long term disability, such as weakness, shortness of breath and cognitive impairments, and it remains extremely expensive. It is important that new ways of identifying which patients will gain the most benefit from ECMO are found, while also avoiding costly futile use when it there is no benefit. The PRECISE Study is an Australian-led, nation-wide observational study that will investigate whether biomarkers can better guide decisions around to whom and how ECMO is delivered. The study will involve the collection of a small amount of blood (which would normally be discarded) at up to 4 different time points, including just prior to ECMO initiation, and also at days 1, 3, and 7 of ECMO support. These results will then be linked to a national registry which includes the important patient centred outcomes, such as disability at 6 months. This study will lead to the better support of a highly vulnerable population, and improve the efficiency of one of the most complex and costly interventions available.

The size of the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is related to ischemia and injury induced by tissue reperfusion. These reperfusion's injuries can be reduced by injection of cyclosporin A (CsA) at the time of reperfusion. This post-conditioning reduces the final infarct size 20 to 40%. This has been demonstrated in STEMI patients non-complicated by cardiogenic shock. Early revascularization in the AMI complicated by cardiogenic shock improves short-term and long term survival by reducing the size of the myocardial infarction. The hypothesis of this study is that the administration of Cyclosporin A to these patients, in addition to mechanical reperfusion, is likely to reduce the severity of the multi-organ failure associated with the cardiogenic shock and improve clinical outcome.

The primary objective of this work is to study the 1-year prognosis of patients who received Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock with the need for blood transfusion. Secondary objectives are to determine whether the transfusion strategy used (liberal or restrictive) still has an impact on overall mortality. We will also determine the factors associated with overall in-hospital mortality and look at the impact of transfusion in relation to the risk of hemolysis on the consequences in the occurrence of long-term chronic renal failure.

The population enrolled in this study are all subjects who received an Impella in which a bicarbonate-based purge solution was used.

Investigation of the potential prognostic role of non-invasive myocardial work in patients receiving veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.