Contrast Echocardiography in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

NCT ID: NCT01122069

Last Updated: 2025-06-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-31

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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In patients with acute myocardial infarction, treatment logistics are primarily defined based upon ST segment shift in the electrocardiogram. While patients with ST elevation (STEMI) are forwarded to immediate coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention, patients without ST elevation (NSTEMI) are initially medically treated and recommended coronary angiography within 48-72 hours.

Early invasive treatment has been found cost-effective in intermediate and high-risk NSTEMI patients and current guidelines recommend use of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score to identify patients who will benefit from early intervention due to high risk of new infraction and cardiovascular death. However, new research has suggested that TIMI risk score may not always identify patients with severe angiographic disease.

The purpose of this study was to assess if contrast echocardiography could be used to identify NSTEMI patients with angiographically severe disease independent of their TIMI risk score.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Contrast echocardiography

110 patients with acute non-ST elevation myocardial infarct were examined with contrast echocardiography prior to coronary angiography.

Perflutren Lipid Microsphere ultrasound contrast

Intervention Type OTHER

Perflutren Lipid Microsphere ultrasound contrast 0.01 ml/kg administered as intravenous bolus

Interventions

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Perflutren Lipid Microsphere ultrasound contrast

Perflutren Lipid Microsphere ultrasound contrast 0.01 ml/kg administered as intravenous bolus

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Luminity

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* acute non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

Exclusion Criteria

* hemodynamic unstable
* mechanical prosthetic heart valve
* severly reduced pulmonary function
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Haukeland University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Bergen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Eva Gerdts

Professor of Cardiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mai Tone Lønnebakken, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Locations

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Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital

Bergen, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Eskerud I, Gerdts E, Nordrehaug JE, Lonnebakken MT. Global Coronary Artery Plaque Area is Associated with Myocardial Hypoperfusion in Women with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 May;24(5):367-73. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4920. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25692527 (View on PubMed)

Lonnebakken MT, Nordrehaug JE, Gerdts E. No gender difference in the extent of myocardial ischemia in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 Jan;21(1):123-9. doi: 10.1177/2047487312454107. Epub 2012 Jul 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22752464 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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REK237.07

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MCE-NSTEMI

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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