Status:

COMPLETED

Sympathetic Heart Innervation in Patients With Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Conditions:

Apical Ballooning Syndrome

Nervous System Diseases, Sympathetic

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Stress (tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy (SC) is a rapidly reversible form of acute heart failure reported to be triggered by stressful events and associated with a distinctive left ventricular (LV) contrac...

Detailed Description

Study design Each patient will be assessed with history and physical examination, 12-lead ECG, serum troponin, coronary arteriography, and LV angiogram (an average of 6 hours after admission to the ho...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • acute onset of a cardiovascular event, usually associated with substernal chest pain, initially regarded as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction/evolving coronary syndrome;
  • systolic dysfunction, predominantly characterized by akinesia/hypokinesia of the mid-to-distal portion of the LV chamber, with hypercontractile basal LV;

Exclusion

  • presence, by angiography, of significant atherosclerotic luminal narrowing in each of the 3 epicardial coronary arteries (0 to \< 25%) (- presence of pheochromocytoma, myocarditis, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  • coexisting conditions that limited life expectancy to less than 12 months or that could affect a patient's compliance with the protocol

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01524861

Start Date

December 1 2011

End Date

January 1 2016

Last Update

January 27 2016

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Dept Geriatric and Metabolic diseases SUN

Naples, Italy