Active clinical trials for "Infarction"

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of planned education given to individuals with diabetes mellitus who had myocardial infarction on healthy lifestyle behaviors and diabetes self-management.

Coronary artery disease is a common and serious disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is common and often under-diagnosed in coronary artery disease where it could be involved in the pathophysiology and perhaps prognosis. The entanglement of the two pathologies is actually quite well known, in particular the consequences of one over the other just beginning to be studied. Understanding the pathophysiology through new imaging modalities should improve the management of patients to propose new approaches. "SAS-IDM" is an interventional and prospective study conducted at the University Hospital of Montpellier. Patients will be divided in three groups depending of the results of the polysomnography: 1/ AHI < 5/h: normal, without OSA ; 2/ 5/h ≤ AHI < 30/h: mild or moderate OSA ; 3/ IAH ≥ 30/h: severe OSA. A treatment by CPAP will be proposed to patients of the group "severe OSA".

This is a "before and after" observational study of a therapeutic strategy to treat patients with confirmed ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) with remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) before undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). RIC is the purposeful application of brief, intermittent cycles of limb occlusion by inflation/deflation of a pneumatic cuff. The autoRIC device is an automatic RIC delivery device (the autoRIC® Device; CellAegis Devices Inc, Toronto, ON) that has received clearance from Health Canada for this use under the direction of a health care professional. Paramedics in the Peel and Halton regional emergency services and the Emergency department (ED) staff of Brampton Civic Hospital and Mississauga Hospital will treat patients experiencing STEMI with autoRIC, and study data will be collected from existing patient records. The 'before' group will include up to 900 patients who were treated before autoRIC implementation in the services and hospitals. These patients would have had a STEMI and undergone PCI, but did not receive the autoRIC device. The 'after' group will include up to 900 eligible patients who have had RIC treatment with the autoRIC device at the two participating sites following implementation in the services and hospitals. The primary analyses will compare the short-term and long-term outcomes of eligible patients who have received completed primary PCI for STEMI in the time period before the implementation and following the implementation of this RIC strategy. In addition, a health economic analysis will be conducted to determine the cost-effectiveness of the therapeutic strategy to treat STEMI patients with RIC prior to PCI.

The objective of this trial is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of therapeutic hypothermia, using the ZOLL Proteus IVTM System, as an adjunctive therapy for patients presenting with acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI) and undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Oral antiplatelet therapy is a key treatment of the STEMI (ST elevation myocardial infarction). Delayed action isn't suitable and has to be elucidated. If a delayed gastric emptying time is observed during STEMI, limiting the use of morphine and encourage the use of prokinetic agents can be a first answer to optimize coronary angioplasty environment. Investigators propose a study to assess the gastric emptying times at the acute phase of myocardial infarction using a validated paracetamol absorption test. The STEMI group will be compared to in one hand, itself with measures performed 72 hours±12h after the event onset; and on the other hand, to a stable patient group referred for angioplasty for angina or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). For STEMI group and stable patient group, the delay of apparition of Prasugrel or Ticagrelor efficacy will be determined by VerifyNow® test and correlated to gastric emptying times.

Randomized controlled trial (single blinded) study was conducted on 26 stable Post MI patients according to inclusion and exclusion criteria aged 35 to 65 years. Study was conducted in Rawalpindi Institute of cardiology and Pakistan Railway Hospital from July 2016 ---- December 2016.Participants was randomly allocated in control or experimental group by lottery Method. Informed consent was signed by each participant prior to enrolment. Patients in both group received standard treatment that is Aerobic Interval training whereas patients in interventional group received additional Resistance training. Post echocardiography and lipid profile was done to assess the effect of intervention on ejection fraction, cholesterol and triglycerides. The standard questionnaire Mac New QLMI was used to assess quality of life. The data was analyzed on SPSS 21

The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of ischemic postconditioning in acute myocardial infarction patients. The safety of patients enrolled in the study was ensured during the entire study. Over 18 years old men and women were enrolled in the study who arrived to 2 of the most acknowledged Hungarian cardiac centres due to acute myocardial infarction and fulfilled all inclusion and exclusion criteria as per protocol. Patients in the order of their arrival were assigned either to control or post conditioned groups by turns. Medical treatment of the control group was done according to standard Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) guidelines, i.e. there was no further intervention after artery opening for 8 minutes, then stenting was performed. In the post conditioned group, after reperfusion has been confirmed, the coronary artery was occluded by inflation of the stent balloon 4 times (for 1-1 minute) followed by 1-1-minute reperfusion repeatedly to induce ischemic postconditioning. Postconditioning procedure was followed by stenting as in the control group. All other interventions and treatments in both patient groups were identical according to guidelines.

This study aims at evaluating the prevalence of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in patients over 75 presenting with a first cardio-vascular event (CVE). The investigators will also determine if CHIPs are more frequent in this population compared to a control cohort without CVE. An association between CHIP, a systemic inflammation and increased atherosclerosis will also be assessed.

BACKGROUND: Advanced treatment regimens have reduced cardiovascular mortality resulting in an increasingly older myocardial infarction (MI) population in need of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) , the majority (74%) is above 60 years. The positive effect of CR is well established; CR reduces cardiovascular mortality, lowers hospital admissions, and improves quality of life among patients with ischemic heart disease. These positive effects of CR has also been established among older patients. The inherent problem lies in the low attendance rate, often below 50%. Several studies, including studies from Denmark, have shown that low participation in CR is most prevalent among older, vulnerable female patients. The notion vulnerable covers patients with low socioeconomic position (SEP), patients with non-western background and patients living alone, as these groups have particularly low CR attendance. Effective interventions aiming at increasing CR attendance among these low attending groups are thus warranted and the current study will seek to address this. AIM: To test feasibility and acceptability of methods used in a peer-mentor intervention among older female and vulnerable post MI patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study is designed as a one arm feasibility study. Patients (n=20) are recruited by a dedicated research nurse before discharge from the cardiology department at Nordsjællands Hospital. Data is collected at three timepoints, baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks. The patients (mentees) are matched with peer-mentors. Peer-mentoring (i.e. mentoring by a person with a similar life situation or health problem as one self) is a low-cost intervention that holds the potential to improve CR attendance and improve physical and psychological outcomes among older patients. Peer-mentors are role models who can guide and support patients overcoming barriers of CR attendance. Peer-mentoring is unexplored in a CR setting among older, female and vulnerable MI patients; establishing the novelty of the current study.

Endovascular therapy (EVT) was recommended as the primary treatment for patients with acute large vascular occlusion (LVO) in anterior circulation. However, the evidences of EVT for patients with large infarct volume were limited. In this study, the investigators assume that best medical management plus EVT might be superior than best medical management alone for patients who have evidence of a large infarct volume. The primary objective of the study was to establish the safety and efficacy of EVT in patients presenting with symptoms of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) from LVO in the anterior circulation and having a large infarct volume.