Cardiovascular Medicine

Below are current clinical trials.

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1. Prospective Identification of Long QT Syndrome in Fetal Life

   Rochester, Minn.

   The postnatal diagnosis of Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is suggested by a prolonged QT interval on 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG),a positive family history and/or characteristic arrhythmias and confirmed by genetic testing.  LQTS testing cannot be performed successfully before birth as   fetal ECG is not possible and direct measure of the fetal QT interval by magnetocardiography is limited. Genetic testing can be performed in utero, but there is risk to the pregnancy and the fetus. Although some fetuses present with arrhythmias easily recognized as LQTS (torsade des pointes (TdP) and/or 2° atrioventricular (AV) block, this is uncommon, occurring in <25% of fetal LQTS cases. Rather, the most common presentation of fetal LQTS is sinus bradycardia, a subtle rhythm disturbance that often is unappreciated to be abnormal. Consequently, the majority of LQTS cases are unsuspected and undiagnosed during fetal life, with dire consequences. For example, maternal medications commonly used during pregnancy can prolong the fetal QT interval and may provoke lethal fetal ventricular arrhythmias. But the most significant consequence is the missed opportunity for primary prevention of life threatening ventricular arrhythmias after birth because the infant is not suspected to have LQTS before birth. The over-arching goal of the study is to overcome the barriers to prenatal detection of LQTS. The investigators plan to do so by developing an algorithm using fetal heart rate (FHR) which will discriminate fetuses with or without LQTS. Immediate Goal: The investigators propose a multicenter pre-birth observational cohort study to develop a Fetal Heart Rate (FHR)/Gestational Age (GA) algorithm from a cohort of fetuses recruited from 13 national and international centers where one parent is known by prior genetic testing to have a mutation in one of the common LQTS genes: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1 (KCNQ1), potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2 (KCNH2), or sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 5 (SCN5A). The investigators have chosen this population because 1) These mutations are the most common genetic causes of LQTS, and 2) Offspring will have high risk of LQTS as inheritance of these LQTS gene mutations is autosomal dominant. Thus, progeny of parents with a known mutation are at high (50%) risk of having the same parental LQTS mutation. The algorithm will be developed using FHR measured serially throughout pregnancy. All offspring will undergo postnatal genetic testing for the parental mutation as the gold standard for diagnosing the presence or absence of LQTS.

2. Study of Awareness and Detection of Familial Hypercholesterolemia (CASCADE-FH)

   Rochester, Minn.

   The CASCADE Familial Hypercholesterolemia Registry will track therapy, clinical outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes over time aiming to increase familial hypercholesterolemia awareness, promote optimal disease management, and improve outcomes. This study is not recruiting family members of FH patients at this time.

3. A Study to Evaluate the Burden of Treatment and Illness in Advanced Heart Failure Patients

   Rochester, Minn.

   The primary purpose of this study is to identify which aspects of treatment are most prevalent and burdensome to patients with advanced heart failure.

4. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the safety and efficacy of transcutaneous afferent patterned stimulation (TAPS) and respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation (RAVANS) therapies for the reduction of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) burden.

5. A Study of Lung Ultrasound to Assess Extravascular Lung Water

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to determine if lung ultrasound surface wave elastography (LUSWE) can accurately detect changes in lung elasticity (compliance) caused by the presence of extravascular lung water  (pulmonary edema).

6. Expanded Access Protocol of Patisiran for Patients With Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis (hATTR)

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to provide expanded access of patisiran to patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR).

7. the Mayo Cardiac Sarcoid Registry

   Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla.

   Aims, purpose, or objectives:

   1. Develop a retrospective registry of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis
   2. Develop a prospective registry of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis
   3. Understand the natural history of cardiac sarcoidosis through evaluation of outcomes of patients in the registry
   4. Determine risk factors for sarcoid involvement of the heart
   5. Evaluate outcomes of patients both treated and untreated with cardiac sarcoidosis
   6. Understand the complications of untreated and treated cardiac sarcoidosis

    

8. A Study of Heart Muscle Elasticity Measured by Echocardiography

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of using echocardiography to measure heart muscle elasticity in clinical practice.

9. His Bundle Pacing in Bradycardia and Heart Failure

   Rochester, Minn.

   Participants in this study will either have heart failure (HF) and are scheduled to undergo cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker (CRT-P) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) implantation, or have atrioventricular (AV) block and are scheduled to undergo pacemaker implantation. In this study additional heart rhythm measurements will be collected during the implant procedure to better understand how His bundle and/or parahisian pacing (HISP) effects electrical conduction in the hearts of patients with HF or AV block. The hypothesis is that His bundle or parahisian pacing (HISP) may normalize atrioventricular (AV) conduction with a narrow combination of the Q wave, R wave and S wave (QRS complex) in functional bundle branch block or conduction delay in patients with heart failure (HF).

10. A Study to Assess Non-invasive Arterial Air Plethysmography of Normal and Abnormal Arterial Hemodynamics

    Rochester, Minn.

    The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value) of a non-invasive arterial air plethysmography prototype in people with normal and abnormal arterial hemodynamics.