Cardiac Blood Flow Patterns Associated With Left Ventricular Myocardial Damage (CMR-LHD)

February 10, 2025 updated by: Ursula Reiter, Medical University of Graz

Cardiac Blood Flow Patterns Associated With Regional and Global Left Ventricular Myocardial Damage: an Explorative Study by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

Various factors affect the performance of the heart: The contractile properties of myocardial muscle cells are the fundamental devices for translating tension-generation and shortening of the cardiac muscle into pressure-generation and blood volume ejection from the heart into the body. On the other hand, the performance of heart can be analyzed with respect to input and output of blood to/from the hollow cardiac muscle and evaluated in terms of the performance of a pump: With every heartbeat blood is sucked from a low-pressure system (veins) and pumped to the arterial high-pressure system via one-way valves, whereas efficiency, ejected blood volume, blood flow and pressures are linked by hemodynamic laws.

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the "gold standard technique" to determine cardiac function and muscle mass, as well as for non-invasive diagnosis of myocardial necrosis/fibrosis. Furthermore, new CMR imaging techniques enabling the measurement of myocardial magnetic relaxation times for characterization of myocardial morphology and the acquisition of time-resolved, three-dimensional blood flow velocity fields in the heart and surrounding vessels, represent promising tools for the evaluation of the interaction between myocardial morphology and cardiac function.

Aim of this explorative study is to 1. identify myocardial pathology-associated blood flow patterns in the heart and surrounding great vessels, and 2. correlate characteristic blood flow patterns in the heat (existence of vortices, vorticity, vortex formation, propagation dynamics …) with myocardial injuries.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

150

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Austria
    • Styria
      • Graz, Styria, Austria, 8036
        • Medical Unitersity Graz, Department of Radiology, Division of General Radiology

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients referred to CMR investigation. If suitable and inclusion criteria are met, the patient will be asked if she/he is interested in participating in this study. Participation means, that aside from the respective routine CMR protocol, additional images will be taken within the investigation resulting in 15-20 minutes extra investigation time.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients age 20-80 years,
  • patients with and without ischemic or non-ischemic myocardial injuries scheduled for routine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging,
  • ability to hold the breath,
  • ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients with metal devices or other magnetic material in or on the subjects body which will be hazardous for magnetic resonance investigation (e.g. heart pace-maker, brain aneurysm clip, nerve stimulators, electrodes, penile implants, colored contact lenses, patch to deliver medications through the skin, any metal implants as rods, joints, plates, pins, screws, nails or clips, embolization coil, or any metal fragments or shrapnel in the body),
  • patients with tendency toward claustrophobia,
  • hemodynamically unstable patients,
  • patients with (major) arrhythmia
  • pregnancy,
  • impaired kidney function indicated by creatin clearance lower than 60 ml/min (creatin clearance will be calculated according to Cockroft-Gault formula)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Myocardial Injury
patients with myocardial injuries due to ischemic heart disease, patients with myocardial injuries due to non-ischemic heart disease.
Diagnostic test: Single Group Assignment
No Myocardial Injury
subjects without myocardial injuries with normal cardiac function subjects without myocardial injuries with altered cardiac function
Diagnostic test: Single Group Assignment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Myocardial pathology-associated blood flow patterns in the heart and surrounding great vessels
Time Frame: 2 years
Morphologic, functional and blood flow CMR parameters will be evaluated with different techniques. Cardiac blood flow pattern parameters will be correlated with myocardial injury derived non-invasively from late gadolinium enhancement
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Medical University of Graz

Collaborators

Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Michael Fuchsjäger, Univ.-Prof., Medical Universtiy of Graz
  • Principal Investigator: Ursula Reiter, PD DI Dr., Medical Universtiy of Graz

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 21, 2013

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 16, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 17, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

August 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CMR-12-LHD

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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