title: [Prevention of post-infarction remodelling with L-carnitine: multicenter study CEDIM (L-Carnitine digital echocardiography myocardial infarction)].
abstract: Prevention of post-infarction ventricular remodeling is an important therapeutic aim since left ventricular dilatation is one of the most important prognostic post-infarction determinants. Early reperfusion and chronic treatment with ACE-inhibitors are able to limit remodeling by means of two distinct mechanisms. Early reperfusion limits the extent of the infarcted area by salvaging a part of the myocardial area at risk of necrosis. ACE-inhibition, on the other hand, by reducing afterload, facilitates cardiac ejection and therefore tends to reduce left ventricular volume. Remodeling could be limited also by drugs which, like L-carnitine, act, as has been demonstrated by experimental studies, on the use of energy substrates both in the area at risk of necrosis and in the area subjected to a greater wall stress because of remodeling and which will progressively dilate over time. The CEDIM study is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial which has involved 36 Heart Divisions. The CEDIM study aims at evaluating the effects of L-carnitine on left ventricular function, as assessed by echocardiography, in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Bari.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rizzon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iliceto
mesh_terms: D002331:Carnitine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002331:Carnitine
vernacular_title: Prevenzione del rimodellamento postinfartuale con L-carnitina: Studio Multicentrico CEDIM (L-Carnitina Ecocardiografia Digitalizzata Infarto Miocardico).