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Coronary Microcirculation Assessment After Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction

Study of the Coronary Microcirculation After Primary Angioplasty : Analysis of Absolute Coronary Blood Flow Rates and Resistance, Index of Microcirculatory Resistance and Comparison With Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04542889
Acronym
NATHANAEL
Enrollment
31
Registered
2020-09-09
Start date
2020-09-07
Completion date
2021-06-26
Last updated
2024-05-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

STEMI - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Keywords

Coronary physiology, Coronary microvascular circulation, STEMI, Microvascular Obstruction, No Reflow, Rayflow®, Absolute coronary resistance, IMR

Brief summary

In the management of acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty, despite effective epicardial clearance obtained in 95% of cases, microvascular obstruction (MVO) in the damaged territory concerns 50% of patients. The Index of Microvascular Resistance (IMR) allows early assessment of the microcirculatory state during the angioplasty procedure. A value of IMR\>40 indicates MVO and is correlated with morbi-mortality. A new method for immediate evaluation of MVO using thermodilution with a new Rayflow® microcatheter has been described: it no longer allows the estimation but the measurements of absolute coronary resistance and coronary flow. We hypothesize that these measurements allows a better evaluation of the microcirculatory state after primary angioplasty, comparing to IMR. The main objective is to study the diagnostic performance of Rayflow® to predict MVO - no reflow (NR) - in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients in order to determine an absolute coronary resistance threshold by thermodilution for early diagnosis of MVO. The main secondary objectives will be to compare the different microcirculatory assessment parameters with each other, not indexed and indexed to the myocardial mass at risk (coronary resistance, IMR, CFR, Resistance Reserve Ratio) and to establish a link between high resistance or IMR and the occurrence of rhythm disorders at D1, D2 and D3.

Detailed description

All patients presenting for STEMI by occlusion of a proximal coronary artery, vascularizing a large volume of myocardium corresponding to an APPROACH score\> 21, in the first 12 hours following the onset of chest pain, will be included. Data relating to medical history, lifestyle (sedentary lifestyle, smoking, drug use), cardiovascular risk factors will be collected. The management of acute coronary syndrome will be carried out in accordance with the European Society of Cardiology guidelines of 2015. An emergency coronary angiography will be used to revascularise the patient as indicated. Thromboaspiration, stenting, antithrombotic agents and other treatments will be administered according to angiographic and clinical criteria. The FFR guide (PressureWire® Certus® from St Jude Medical Abbott) will be used to make pressure and temperature measurements. It has been used in daily practice since the FAME study in 2011 to guide the therapeutic decision in patients with an intermediate lesion. An injected cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be performed between 48 hours and 7 days following the infarction in accordance with current practices.The initial trans-thoracic ultrasonography as well as the various blood samplings will be performed according to standard practice. The Rayflow® microcatheter will be used to allow the optimal delivery of physiological saline solution into the studied artery. It will be mounted on the FFR guide already in place as part of the angioplasty procedure. Bayer's Medrad® Mark 7 Arterion® infuser will be used to deliver saline continuously at a flow rate of 15-20 mL/min through the Rayflow® microcatheter

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTAbsolute coronary flow and resistance measurements

Thermodilution-based measurements of absolute coronary resistances using the FFR pressure guide (PressureWire® Certus® from St Jude Medical Abbott) and the Rayflow® microcatheter (Hexacath, Paris, France).

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTIMR measurement

IMR measurement by thermodilution using the St Jude pressure guide.

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Acute ST + coronary syndrome seen within 12 hours after the initial pain: ST offset in 2 contiguous leads ≥ 1mm or ≥ 2mm in precordial or inaugural left branch block, permanent or transient with chest pain \> 20 min * Patient with an indication for emergency coronary angiography with angioplasty * Acute occlusion of a large caliber artery corresponding to an APPROACH score ≥21: proximal or mean anterior interventricular artery, proximal circumflex artery or proximal right coronary artery * Final Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) of 2 or 3 at the end of the angioplasty procedure regardless of the initial TIMI score * Free and informed written consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Known history of infarction in the same territory : STEMI or NSTEMI (angioplasty programmed for angina does not constitute a criterion for non-inclusion) * Haemodynamic instability requiring the initial use of vasopressive amines or circulatory assistance (counterpulse balloon or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) or mechanical ventilation (a recovered cardiopulmonary arrest does not constitute an exclusion criterion) * Technical impossibility of performing IMR or Rayflow® measurements (tortuous or calcified artery) * Persistent high-grade atrioventricular block after primary angioplasty * Cardiomyopathy or severe valvulopathy which can induce microcirculatory abnormalities (congenital heart diseases, dilated cardiomyopathy, cardiac amyloidosis, hypertrophic heart disease, mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation or pulmonary regurgitation grade 3 or 4, tight aortic stenosis or pulmonary stenosis with average gradient \> 40 mmHg or vmax \> 4m/sec , tight mitral stenosis or tricuspid stenosis with average gradient \> 10mmHg) * Contraindication to performing cardiac MRI: wearing a pacemaker, intracerebral clip, intraocular foreign body, neurostimulator, severe renal failure with glomerular filtration rate \< 30 mL/min, body weight \> 150 kg * Age \< 18 years * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Inclusion in another research protocol \< 30 days * Patient not affiliated to a social security scheme * Patient under guardianship or curatorship

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Microvascular obstruction on MRIDay 7Establishment of a correlation between absolute coronary resistance and microvascular obstruction on MRI
Absolute coronary resistanceImmediately after angioplastyThreshold value correlated with microvascular obstruction on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Microvascular obstruction in patients with IMR > 40Day 7Establishment of a correlation between an IMR\> 40 and the presence and the degree of microvascular obstruction as meaasured by cardiac MRI of the of infarcted area
Absolute coronary resistance indexed to the myocardial massImmediately after angioplastyEstablishment of a correlation between the indexed absolute coronary resistance and the presence and the degree of microvascular obstruction on cardiac MRI
Index of microvascular resistanceImmediately after angioplastyThreshold value correlated with microvascular obstruction on MRI
Occurrence of early ventricular rhythm disordersDay 3Establishment of a correlation between the absolute coronary resistances and IMR and the early ventricular rhythm disorders
IMR indexed to the myocardial massImmediately after angioplastyEstablishment of a correlation between the indexed IMR and the presence and the degree of microvascular obstruction on cardiac MRI
Mean value of absolute coronary resistances corresponding to an IMR > 40Immediately after angioplastyEstablishment of a relationship between absolute coronary resistances and IMR

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026