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| Name | Class |
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| Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate patterns of metabolic activity in the heart of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH). Patients with PAH are at risk of developing weakness or failure of the right side of the heart.It is possible that there is a relationship between the development of heart failure and the way the heart uses energy sources, such as sugar. This study is designed to evaluate the way the heart uses sugar uptake in patients with PAH using positron emission tomography(PET imaging)
PAH results in premature death as a result of right ventricular dysfunction. However, there are substantial differences among patients in their tendency to develop right heart failure. This study proposes to determine if right ventricular (RV) changes can predict the development of right heart failure in patients with PAH.
In addition, the study aims to evaluate the relationship of right ventricular metabolism to other physiologic responses in PAH,including:pulmonary vascular resistance, serum BNP and changes in cardiac hypertrophy and function. In conjunction with hemodynamic measurements, biomarkers and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); RV metabolism will be evaluated with (18F) FTHA and (18F)FDG cardiac PET imaging.
A cohort of 20 age sex matched individuals will serve as normal controls. These subjects will have no known cardiac or pulmonary disease with normal ventricular function and estimates pulmonary pressures on echocardiogram.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| FTHA/GDF PET imaging | Experimental | This study plans to enrol 60 subjects with Type I pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and 20 healthy, age and sex individuals to serve as normal controls. These subjects will have no known cardiac or pulmonary disease. Both groups will undergo FTHA/FDG PET imaging. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| FTHA, FDG PET imaging. | Radiation | Subjects will undergo PET scans on 2 different days using 2 separate tracers, FTHA(fluoro-6-this-hepadecanoic acid) and FDG(fluoro-2- deoxy-glucose). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Cardiopulmonary death OR clinical right heart failure hospitalization | Clinical RHF admission requiring ONE of the following:intravenous diuretics or an increase in oral diuretics >50%of baseline for at least 7 days. | 1year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in right ventricular size and function as measured by cardiac MRI, between baseline and 1 year. | 1 year |
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Normal Control Subjects:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Lisa M Mielniczuk, MD | University of Ottawa Heart Institiute | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of OttawaHeart Institute | Ottawa | Ontario | K1Y4W7 | Canada |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000081029 | Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension |
| ID | Term |
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| D006976 | Hypertension, Pulmonary |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| C071178 | 14-fluoro-6-thiaheptadecanoic acid |
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