Active clinical trials for "Ventricular Dysfunction"

This study explores the hypothesis that wearable defibrillators can impact mortality by reducing sudden death during the first three months after a heart attack in persons with high risk for life-threatening arrhythmias.

The aim of this study is to test whether ivabradine is able to reduce cardiovascular events when given to patients with coronary artery disease and impaired heart function.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious disease with frequent intra hospital mortality remains high. If anticoagulation is perfectly codified, the remainder of the initial management has been less studied. In particular, the "conditioning" Initial often involves systematic plasma volume of 250 to 500 cc, by analogy to other situations. But this treatment option is not based on factual data. In the right ventricular dysfunction that often accompany severe EP, volume expansion may instead be harmful, according to the law of Frank Starling. A retrospective study has recently shown a benefit of diuretic therapy in patients hospitalized for severe normotensive EP. The proposed study is interventional, prospective, multicenter, randomized, require to include 60 patients. The main objective of the study is the comparison of the troponin normalization period Ic (biomarker of right ventricular dysfunction) in patients hospitalized in the initial phase of a serious normotensive EP, between the 2 groups diuretic and filling Vascular. The primary endpoint is the time in hours standardization of troponin Ic. The secondary endpoints will be: the period of normalization of Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) changes in echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular dysfunction a composite endpoint: cardiovascular death / cardiogenic shock / use of amines / use of thrombolysis.

This study will assess whether percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty of the heart arteries) can improve survival and reduce hospitalization in patients with heart failure due to coronary disease, who have been treated with the best contemporary medical therapy.

To explore if AZD1305 compromises left ventricular performance in patients with left ventricular dysfunction

Study to evaluate if macitentan is safe and tolerable enough to be used for treatment of subjects with combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (CpcPH) due to left ventricular dysfunction.

This is a prospective, multi-center cohort study of patients with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) and documentation of either a prior myocardial infarction (MI) or mild to moderate left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF 35-50%). The primary objective of this study is to determine whether biologic markers and ECGs can be utilized to advance SCD risk prediction in patients with CHD and LVEF>30-35%. The overarching goal of the study is to identify a series of markers that alone or in combination specifically predict risk of arrhythmic death as compared to other causes of mortality among this at risk population of coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF> 30-35%). If biologic or ECG markers are identified that can specifically predict risk of ventricular arrhythmias, then these markers may serve as relatively inexpensive methods to identify those at risk. The public health impact of identifying markers could be quite substantial, leading to more efficient utilization of ICDs and advances in our understanding of mechanisms underlying SCD.

Sildenafil (Viagra) is known to reduce pulmonary hypertension. Heart failure patients also have pulmonary hypertension and several recent reports have shown that sildenafil leads to an improvement in their exercise capacity. In these studies sildenafil caused a reduction in the pulmonary and systemic vascular resistances, improved pulmonary gas diffusion and perhaps increased cardiac output. It is uncertain if left ventricular filling pressures are reduced and whether there is improvement in left ventricular relaxation. The investigators hypothesize that in heart failure patients the improvement in exercise capacity associated with sildenafil is related to a significant reduction in left ventricular filling pressures. The investigators propose to study 20 patients with stable but moderately symptomatic heart failure. The study design is a randomized cross-over trial of the administration of a single dose of sildenafil 50 mg or a matching placebo. Exercise capacity will be determined before and after the oral administration of sildenafil 50 mg or placebo. Left ventricular filling pressures will be assessed by Doppler echocardiography and the serum level of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP is known to increase with higher left ventricular filling pressures). After an initial echocardiogram and performing a 6 minute walk test, the patient will then be given either sildenafil or a matching placebo in a randomized double-blind fashion. One hr later a blood sample for serum BNP, the echocardiogram and the 6 minute walk test will be repeated.

This study will test the hypothesis that elective use of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) in patients undergoing high-risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) will reduce the rate of in-hospital major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events compared to patients who are managed without planned insertion of IABP.

The main objective of this study is to compare the time from randomization to the first recurrence of any ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients undergoing VT ablation (for stable VTs) and substrate ablation (for unstable VTs) after an initial episode of stable VT and patients not undergoing ablation, with both groups under the protection of an ICD.