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. 2006 Mar;14(3):95-98, 99.

Rationale of the REPARATOR study

A randomised trial with serial cardiac MRI follow-up testing the ability of atorvastatin to reduce reperfusion damage after primary PCI for acute MI

FD Eefting, MJ Cramer, PRS Stella, BJ Rensing, PA Doevendans
PMCID: PMC2557272  PMID: 25696602

Abstract

The REPARATOR study is a multicentre clinical trial in which the effect of 80 mg atorvastatin on microvascular (re)perfusion and late ventricular remodelling, and infarct size in patients presenting with an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction is studied. Primary endpoint is end-systolic volume index at three months measured by quantitative cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Secondary endpoints are cardiac MI (CMR) measurements of global and regional left ventricular function, MRI measurements of infarct size on admission, one week and three months as well as changes between MRI investigations, biochemical markers of infarct size, blush grade, and TIMI frame count. A total of 50 patients will be enrolled. Including three months follow-up, the study will last for six months.

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