Persistent Symptoms and Early Incomplete Recovery After Acute Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy: Is There Ongoing Heart Distress? The HEROIC Study
NCT ID: NCT02989454
Last Updated: 2019-05-08
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
42 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2015-08-31
2017-10-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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These objective findings of incompletely resolved myocardial oedema and energetic impairment are in contrast with the more rapid apparent recovery of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction but are in keeping with the persistence of symptoms previously reported in literature and with the investigators' own clinical observations from the Tako Tsubo Cardiomyopathy follow-up clinic at the institution.
The persistence of symptoms (fatigue, recurrent chest pains, decreased exercise capacity) could be due to either:
1. Subclinical degree of impairment in cardiac energetics/function (reflecting either an even more prolonged status of incomplete recovery or a pre-existent cardiomyopathy) which despite a normalised for almost normalised ejection fraction at rest results in cardiac limitation during exercise, or
2. Physical deconditioning after an acute, severe illness.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RETROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Tako Tsubo Cardiomyopathy patients
Any patient who has suffered from Tako Tsubo Cardiomyopathy since 2011.
Assessment of exercise capacity and cardiac energetics
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Interventions
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Assessment of exercise capacity and cardiac energetics
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Inability to exercise on a treadmill (they can attend for magnetic resonance imaging and bloods).
ALL
No
Sponsors
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NHS Grampian
OTHER_GOV
University of Aberdeen
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Dana Dawson, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Aberdeen
Locations
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Cardiac Research Office, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Countries
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References
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Sharkey SW, Windenburg DC, Lesser JR, Maron MS, Hauser RG, Lesser JN, Haas TS, Hodges JS, Maron BJ. Natural history and expansive clinical profile of stress (tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Jan 26;55(4):333-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.08.057.
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Khan H, Rudd A, Gamble DT, Mezincescu AM, Cheyne L, Horgan G, Dhaun N, Newby DE, Dawson DK. Renin-Angiotensin and Endothelin Systems in Patients Post-Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jul 19;11(14):e025989. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.025989. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
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Other Identifiers
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2/005/15
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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