DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

This study tested whether using a heart MRI to find scar tissue can help decide which people with mild-to-moderate heart failure should get a defibrillator (ICD) to prevent sudden cardiac death. About 449 adults with a weakened heart pump (ejection fraction 36-50%) and scar tissu…

This study tested whether MitoQ, a drug that targets cell energy centers, can improve heart function in 53 people with dilated cardiomyopathy. Participants took MitoQ or a placebo for several months while researchers measured heart energy levels and pumping ability using MRI scan…

This study explores whether a cardiac MRI can safely and effectively gather the same heart pressure and flow measurements normally obtained through right heart catheterization, a more invasive procedure. Researchers will attempt to perform the catheterization inside the MRI machi…

This study tested a new MRI technique that lets patients breathe normally during heart scans, instead of holding their breath. Researchers used special software (GRICS) to remove motion artifacts. They compared the free-breathing images to standard breath-hold images in 30 adults…

This pilot study tested whether a portable 6-lead ECG device, paired with an artificial intelligence algorithm, can help screen first-degree relatives of people with dilated cardiomyopathy (a weakened heart muscle). The goal was to see if this mobile approach could detect reduced…

This study looks at how inherited heart rhythm problems (like Long QT Syndrome) and heart muscle diseases (like Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy) affect the quality of life and physical activity of children aged 6 to 18. Researchers will compare 107 children with these conditions to 1…

This study collected information from over 15,000 people hospitalized with cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease. Researchers looked at how much these hospital stays cost and what the money was spent on. The goal was to understand the real-world financial impact and help manage …

This study looked for Fabry disease, a rare genetic disorder, in 409 Portuguese adults with unexplained heart muscle diseases. Researchers tested patients with different types of cardiomyopathy to see how many actually had Fabry disease. The goal was to better understand how comm…

This completed study looked at 258 people with different types of cardiomyopathy (a disease of the heart muscle) to see if special imaging could predict stroke risk. Researchers used echocardiograms and MRI scans to measure blood flow in the heart and check for silent brain infar…