Project aim is to quantify the influence of a severe therapy-refractory heart failure caused by ischemic or dilative myocardiopathy on the function of the diaphragm, its molecular biological parameters and on the M. vastus lateralis. The control group consists of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and normal left ventricular ejection fraction indicated for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) Differences in the geneses of heart failure (ischemic vs. dilative cardiomyopathy) will be evaluated during analysis. The ubiquitin-proteasome signaling pathway is considered as a central issue for the mechanism of the analyses muscle catabolism.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
44
Heart Center Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Expression of catabolic E3 ligase Muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1)
Time frame: at the time of index procedure (biopsy)
in vitro measurement of the muscle protein - poly ubiquitination of Proteins
Time frame: at the time of index procedure (biopsy)
in vitro measurement of the muscle protein - the proteasome activity
Time frame: at the time of index procedure (biopsy)
in vitro measurement of the muscle protein - fiber typing in the muscle samples
Time frame: at the time of index procedure (biopsy)
in vitro measurement of the force development of skinned muscle fibers
Time frame: at the time of index procedure (biopsy)
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