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Risk Stratification After Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiac MRI

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03725826

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Official title

Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Measuring Left Ventricular Volume Scar With Cardiac MRI

Brief summary

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Given the existing controversy regarding the appropriate determination time for placement of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in patients at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the modest ability of current criteria to determine which patients will experience SCD, and the high impact of SCD to society, we propose to conduct a prospective non-randomized observational study to determine: * Whether quantification of left ventricular (LV) scar volume by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMRI) prior to hospital discharge helps to predict which patients will have a low ejection fraction (35%) at follow up and qualify for ICD implantation. * Whether quantification of infarct scar volume by CMRI will help to identify which patients will experience malignant ventricular arrhythmias and/or SCD at follow-up, independent of the LV ejection fraction (LVEF). Primary hypothesis: Percentage of left ventricular scar volume as measured by CMRI post-MI strongly correlates with LVEF at 40 days and 3 months. Secondary hypothesis: 1. A volume of \>40% of left ventricular scar measured by CMRI post-MI is predictive of LVEF less than 35% at 40 days and at 3 months 2. Volume scar as measured by Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after AMI (at day 5) is predictive of clinical outcomes: SCD, total mortality, heart failure admission and life-threatening malignant ventricular arrhythmias regardless of ejection fraction at 40 days and at 3 months. Safety hypothesis: ICDs will be implanted if patients meet criteria at 40 days post MI as per the current American College of Cardiology (ACC) /American Heart Association (AHA) /Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03725826
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Montefiore Medical Center
Other
Enrollment
57 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Apr 30, 2013
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2016
Completion
Aug 31, 2016
Last update posted
Oct 30, 2018

2013 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine The Bronx New York 10467

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