Early Intracoronary Administration of Fasudil in the Primary PCI of ST-segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Summary

The study aims to evaluate whether an early intracoronary administration of Fasudil Hydrochloride during primary PCI of STEMI can improve epicardial and myocardial perfusion as well as clinical outcomes.

Timeline

Start

2019-07-01

Primary completion

2022-06-30

Completion

2022-12-30

Publications

• Background Ding S, Pu J, Qiao ZQ, Shan P, Song W, Du Y, Shen JY, Jin SX, Sun Y, Shen L, Lim YL, He B. TIMI myocardial perfusion frame count: a new method to assess myocardial perfusion and its predictive value for short-term prognosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Apr 1;75(5):722-32. doi: 10.1002/ccd.22298.
• Background Gibson CM, Cannon CP, Murphy SA, Ryan KA, Mesley R, Marble SJ, McCabe CH, Van De Werf F, Braunwald E. Relationship of TIMI myocardial perfusion grade to mortality after administration of thrombolytic drugs. Circulation. 2000 Jan 18;101(2):125-30. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.101.2.125.
• Background Kidambi A, Mather AN, Motwani M, Swoboda P, Uddin A, Greenwood JP, Plein S. The effect of microvascular obstruction and intramyocardial hemorrhage on contractile recovery in reperfused myocardial infarction: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2013 Jun 27;15(1):58. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-15-58.
• Background Taniguchi Y, Funayama H, Matsuda J, Fujita K, Nakagawa T, Nakamura T, Umemoto T, Mitsuhashi T, Ako J, Momomura S. Super-selective intracoronary injection of Rho-kinase inhibitor relieves refractory coronary vasospasms: a case report. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep;176(1):270-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.096. Epub 2014 Jul 8. No abstract available.
• Background TIMI Study Group. The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) trial. Phase I findings. N Engl J Med. 1985 Apr 4;312(14):932-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198504043121437. No abstract available.
• Background Masumoto A, Hirooka Y, Shimokawa H, Hironaga K, Setoguchi S, Takeshita A. Possible involvement of Rho-kinase in the pathogenesis of hypertension in humans. Hypertension. 2001 Dec 1;38(6):1307-10. doi: 10.1161/hy1201.096541.
• Background Uehata M, Ishizaki T, Satoh H, Ono T, Kawahara T, Morishita T, Tamakawa H, Yamagami K, Inui J, Maekawa M, Narumiya S. Calcium sensitization of smooth muscle mediated by a Rho-associated protein kinase in hypertension. Nature. 1997 Oct 30;389(6654):990-4. doi: 10.1038/40187.

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