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OCT findings in heart attack patients with apprently normal/near normal angiogram

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: I219- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/10/037473
Lead Sponsor
Dr Louie Fischer
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients fulfilling the MINOCA criteria according to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines and the American heart Association Scientific Statement will be included in the study. Criteria for AMI including troponin rise above the 99th percentile upper reference limit and corroborative clinical evidence of infarction according to the fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction, absence of obstructive CAD defined as no coronary artery stenosis > or equal to 50% in any potential infarct related artery on coronary angiography and no specific alternate diagnosis for the clinical presentation.

Exclusion Criteria

Prior history of AMI or CAD, coronary angioplasty or stenting, Severe renal failure (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mi/min), systemic prothrombotic disease, current or previous presentation with heart failure, pregnancy, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection. High troponin levels presumed due to non cardiac etiologies including sepsis, clinically diagnosed myocarditis, tokotsubo cardiomyopathy, coronary thromboembolism and extremely tortuous vessels (precluding OCT run) on coronary angiography.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. To identify the presence of any coronary artery pathology <br/ ><br>2. To assess morphological features of lesions <br/ ><br>3. To study the association of coronary pathology with various known cardiovascular risk factorsTimepoint: Baseline
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
oneTimepoint: None
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