Active clinical trials for "ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction"

The aim of this study is to investigate the association between NGAL plasma levels in ST-elevation myocardial infarction and the no-reflow phenomenon, adverse events during hospitalization and at 30-day follow-up.

Sample size of 117 patients presented with ST elevated myocardial infarction for PPCI starting from september 2017 will be divided to 2 groups, group 1 age up to 40 years old and group 2 older than 40 years then previous history and clinical data and angiographic data at PPCI and follow up in-hospital and after discharge for 3 months all these data will be compared at both groups.

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has a serious health threaten to population. PCI, which can timely restore the blood flow to the ischemic myocardium, is a well-proved measure in STEMI management. However, the process of the restoration can induce injury. The phenomenon is defined as ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. The studies indicate that I/R injury accounts for up to 50% of the final myocardial infarct size. However, previous attempts to target known mediators of myocardial I/R injury in patients have been disappointing, leading to calls for a reevaluation of factors affecting myocardial I/R injury [1]. Arginine vasopressin (AVP), that response to acute illness, is unstable and cleared rapidly from the circulation. However, copeptin, the C-terminal portion of provasopressin, is released in equimolar amounts to AVP and is easy to determine. So, copeptin can be a surrogate marker for AVP secretion. Recently, copeptin was found to serve as a potential prognostic biomarker in heart failure and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). AMI can activate the AVP axis, which have a causative role in the evolution of heart failure. Increasing copeptin was shown to correlate with myocardial remodeling, mortality and morbidity. In patients with STEMI, myocardial infarct size is a stronger outcome predictor than LV function, and is related to LV remodeling, which often indicates a significant worse prognosis after AMI. As the gold standard for characterisation of cardiac structure and function, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) parameters can serve as surrogate end points in clinical trials of STEMI. We hypothesised that plasma copeptin values, tested before and after PCI, are related to myocardial infarct size, myocardial function both and outcomes at baseline and 6 months follow-up as assessed by CMR in patients with STEMI.

The BioFreedom BA9 (Stainless Steel) Drug Coated Stent is an approved stent that is already commercially available in Europe and Asia. The purpose of this registry is to assess the safety and efficacy of the BioFreedom stent for treatment of a specific group of patients; patients with a myocardial infarction (STEMI). The objective is to capture patients' outcomes and antithrombotic strategies data using one or several BioFreedom Stents in the routine treatment of these STEMI patients.

Functional assessment of non-culprit lesions during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome could improve risk stratification and long-term prognosis. It was previously demonstrated the diagnostic accuracy of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) in functional assessment of non-culprit lesions in multivessel patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), also highlighting the intralesional reproducibility of both fractional flow reserve (FFR) and iFR between baseline and staged. In this study the investigators aimed to verify the clinical impact on long-term outcome of iFR assessment in the acute multivessel setting.

To compare the ST segment resolution after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) with and without thrombus aspiration in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction as ST segment resolution is the best indicator for the prediction of the outcome and MACE

This study aims to determine whether thyroid hormone levels are predictive of cardiac remodeling following myocardial infarction and the prognosis in patients with STEMI receiving primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

2D Echocardiography with color Doppler assessment: It will be done within 24 h after PPCI Peripheral blood samples were obtained within 48 hours after acute MI, and the serum will be frozen at -70°C until tested for Galactin-3 level. Follow up 2D Doppler echocardiography: will be repeated at 40 days of the event.

The association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has mostly been examined using broad endpoints or cause-specific mortality. The purpose of our study is to compare the effect of alcohol consumption in the aetiology of a range of cardiovascular disease phenotypes.

Erectile dysfunction is a common sexual problem affecting up to one-third of men throughout their life. It is now well recognized that risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED) include the same risk factors as coronary artery disease, including smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, lack of physical activity and obesity. We will investigate the effect of reperfusion strategies (primary angioplasty & therapeutic therapy) on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction. Erectile function will be evaluated using the international index of erectile function after 3 months of successful reperfusion treatment of acute myocardial infarction.