dilated cardiomyopathy heart muscle disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: A) NICM patients with - documented VA or - suspected VA (e.g. because of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, palpitations or syncope) or - high risk for VA (LVEF * 35% and NYHA functional class II or III*) or - intermediate risk for VA (LVEF * 50%* and late enhancement on CE-MRI) who are not admitted for cardiac surgery;B) NICM patients with - documented VA or - suspected VA (e.g. because of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, palpitations or syncope) or - high risk for VA (LVEF * 35% and NYHA functional class II or III*) who are admitted for cardiac surgery (e.g., mitral valve annuloplasty or CorCap) C) Non-NICM patients (controls) who are admitted for - Coronary artery bypass graft surgery and who do not have prior myocardial infarction. - Aortic valve replacement.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are as follows:;- Age 80 years - Inadequate patient competence - Pregnancy - Inability to comply with the protocol due to haemodynamic instability - Non-NICM (e.g., prior myocardial infarction, infiltrative cardiac disease such as sarciodosis, amyloidosis or Chagas cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, non-compaction cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease);Exclusion criteria for CE-MRI: - According to the safety guidelines for MR-imaging. These can be found on Albinusnet: MRI / Veiligheidsrichtlijnen voor MR-imaging, http://albinusnet.lumc.nl/home/reg/pro/1010/60711030322284).;Exclusion criteria for blood sampling: - Haemoglobin
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameters are extent, location and pattern of fibrosis in biopsy specimens, in-vitro electrophysiological properties of biopsy specimens and electroanatomical mapping results. The main study endpoints are inducibility of VA, type of induced VA, spontaneous VA and type of spontaneous VA. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary study parameters: - CE-MRI - 123-I MIBG/MIBI imaging - Collagen turnover markers - Electroanatomical mapping findings: low voltage, late potentials, fragmentation and progressive conduction delay during extrastimuli - Fibrosis (e.g. percentage of fibrotic cells and extracellular matrix) in biopsy specimens Secondary study endpoints: - Heart failure - Cardiac mortality - All-cause mortality. - Disease progression (as assessed by 123-I MIBG/MIBI-scans and MRI-scans). | — |
Countries
Netherlands