Nitrites in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Summary

The research question to be addressed is "Does a 2.5 - 5 minute systemic intravenous injection of sodium nitrite administered immediately before opening of the infarct related artery result in significant reduction of ischaemia reperfusion injury in patients with first acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI)?"

Timeline

Start

2011-07

Primary completion

2014-01

Completion

2014-01

Publications

• Siddiqi N, Bruce M, Neil CJ, Jagpal B, Maclennon G, Cotton SC, Papadopoulo SA, Bunce N, Lim P, Schwarz K, Singh S, Hildick-Smith D, Horowitz JD, Madhani M, Boon N, Kaski JC, Dawson D, Frenneaux MP. Protocol: does sodium nitrite administration reduce ischaemia-reperfusion injury in patients presenting with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction? Nitrites in acute myocardial infarction (NIAMI). J Transl Med. 2013 May 6;11:116. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-116.

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