Status:
COMPLETED
Brain fMRT In Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Lead Sponsor:
Wolfgang Dichtl, MD PhD
Conditions:
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Up to 90 years
Brief Summary
Certain cardiac and neurologic diseases influence each other via a still poorly understood "brain-heart axis". Subarachnoidal bleedings are well known to cause ECG alterations resembling those of myoc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Postmenopausal females aged below 90 years
- Informed written consent
- TTC or NSTEMI / STEMI undergoing coronary angiography within 24 hours of symptom onset
Exclusion
- Delayed coronary angiography (\> 24 hours after symptom onset)
- Inability to perform rsfMRT within the first 72 hours after coronary angiography
- Inability to communicate in German language
- Contraindications for a MRT examination (including pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, mechanical heart valves, claustrophobia, severe adipositas)
- Drug addiction, under guardianship
- Inability to stick to the follow up examination
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
55 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02240056
Start Date
October 1 2014
End Date
March 1 2019
Last Update
March 7 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Medical University Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, 6020