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Cardiac Sympathetic Activity in Patients With the Apical Ballooning Syndrome

NCT00586183 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1

Last updated 2008-01-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Our hypothesis is that altered cardiac sympathetic activity is present and may contribute to the myocardial stunning observed in the apical ballooning syndrome.

Aim: Assess the extent and reversibility of cardiac adrenergic neuronal dysfunction using carbon-11 hydroxyephedrine (C-11 HED), a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer, in patients with the apical ballooning syndrome.

Conditions

  • Apical Ballooning Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

PET scan

The subject will then be positioned in the PET scanner . After optimal positioning of the left ventricle within the field of view, a transmission scan will be performed with either a germanium-68 or CT source for subsequent attenuation correction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Abhiram Prasad, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-12-31
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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