Efficacy of Ischemic Postconditioning Combined with Thrombus Aspiration Therapy in Patients with ST-segment. Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
- Conditions
- Patients with ST-elevation AMI admitted or referred to the Coronary Care Unit of the Division of Cardiology of St.Lukes.International Hospital in Japan, after successful percutaneous coronary intervention and who are eligible for cardiac MRI will be enrolled prospectively. Informed consent will be obtained from each patient before enrollment in the study, according to the approved protocol.
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000004812
- Lead Sponsor
- St.Luke's International Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 116
Not provided
Exclusion criteria will be previous AMI, candidate of CABG cardiogenic shock or Killip 4, rescue angioplasty after thrombolytic therapy, evidence of coronary collaterals in the risk area, TIMI flow grade 3 before intervention, inability to lay flat due to severe cardiac heart failure/respiratory insufficiency, pregnancy, known existence of a life threatening disease, and inability to give informed consent. In addition, exclusion criteria will be any contraindication to undergo CMR, such as severe renal dysfunction implanted metallic objects;cardiac pacemakers and/or implantable cardioverter defibrillator or any other type of electronic devices, or any other contraindication to CMR. Patients with newly placed intracoronary stents will be included.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ST segment resolution
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method