Diagnostics for the Reperfusion Injury Following MI
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to correlate new cardiac imaging modalities (2D, 3D
echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, strain analysis and cardiac MRI) to biochemical
parameters as the L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway and inflammatory cascades to characterize
the reperfusion injury following myocardial infarction and thus providing a basis for further
diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.