Status:
COMPLETED
Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Syndrome X: New Insights Into the Pathophysiology
Lead Sponsor:
Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona
Conditions:
Syndrome X
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) and Cardiac Syndrome X (CSX) are respectively acute and chronic cardiac conditions whose clinical presentation, mimicking the onset of acute myocardial ischemia in abse...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with the Mayo Clinic's criteria established diagnosis of TTC at least 6 month after the acute event
- Patients with CSX defined by the presence of anginal pain, positive exercise stress testing and negative coronary angiography.
- A comparable cohort of healthy volunteers age and sex-matched with patients
Exclusion
- Short-term life-threatening pathology (life expectancy \< 6 months)
- Physically unable to participate in the study
- Compliance not guaranteed
- Pregnancy
- Conditions that make BRS and Endopat measurements impossible
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
39 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02307214
Start Date
October 1 2013
End Date
April 1 2016
Last Update
April 26 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli - Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona
Bellinzona, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, 6500