Active clinical trials for "Coronary Artery Disease"

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the utility of Ischemia Modified Albumin (IMA) for risk stratification in patients presenting with chest discomfort and possible ischemic heart disease, and to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic implication for IMA for major adverse cardiac events.

In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiac manifestations, e.g. coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocarditis are leading causes of morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of subclinical heart disease in SLE is unknown. We studied whether a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) protocol may be useful for early diagnosis of heart disease in SLE patients without known CAD

Because of its availability, non-invasiveness, and high diagnostic performance, myocardial perfusion tomoscintigraphy has become a standard tool for the detection, characterization and monitoring of coronary artery disease. Standard analysis, based on the reversibility of regional myocardial hypoperfusion between stress (physiological or pharmacological) and rest, has good sensitivity and negative predictive value in the search for myocardial ischemia. However, two major obstacles persist. First, because of the relative nature of the normalization of cardiac activity, this approach may underestimate the extent of the damage, especially when the territory with the most activity is itself pathological. Thus myocardial perfusion scintigraphy can only detect 40 to 50% of tri-truncal patients. To overcome these disadvantages, several indexes have been proposed to improve the diagnostic performance of perfusion scintigraphy in multi-truncal patients based in particular on kinetic analysis. Secondly, the review does not provide any guarantee as to the quality and reproducibility of use of the coronal reserve during stress, in particular during submaximal stress tests and pharmacological stress, the latter being easily antagonized by xanthine derivatives contained in tea and coffee in particular (abstinence of at least 12 to 24 hours being recommended). In recent years and thanks to the advent of CZT semiconductor cameras dedicated to cardiology - to perform a dynamic tomographic acquisition - a study of the coronal reserve is feasible by perfusion tomoscintigraphy in current practice. This study of the coronary reserve mainly consists of a computer post-processing of the myocardial perfusion scintigraphy data and does not therefore require any additional irradiation (the only difference with respect to the old protocols is the start of the images at the time of publication. injection of the radiotracer). However, the diagnostic benefit gained from the coronary reserve study compared to conventional stress / rest perfusion scintigraphy has not been clearly studied, particularly in the multi-truncal patients.

The devices used in this observational registry are the Osprey Medical Contrast Monitoring System (CMS) and the Osprey Medical AVERT Reflux Reduction System. Both products have CE Mark designations. The purpose of this registry is to evaluate the usability characteristics of the combined Osprey Medical AVERT System and the Contrast Monitoring System during normal clinical use.

Use of whole blood impedance aggregometry and rotational thromboelastometry can reveal useful data about platelet function and viscoelastic properties of blood clot in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study is to clarify whether it is possible to predict patients on excessive risk of perioperative bleeding using whole blood impedance aggregometry and rotational thromoelastometry. Antiplatelet therapy is the cornerstone in treatment of patients with coronary artery disease. Another research goal is to determine the degree of response to antiplatelet therapy before and after surgery and to investigate whether patients by level of response to antiplatelet therapy before surgery have a higher risk of perioperative bleeding.

SRACE is an multicenter observational database of outcomes for patients who are hospitalized with an acute coronary events. SRACE includes over 20 hospitals in Shanghai China that have enrolled a total of more than 3,000 patients since 2005, with an annual enrollment of 500 patients. The major purpose of the SRACE program is to evaluate the prognosis of patients admitted to the hospital due to acute coronary events, comparing different therapeutic strategies, in-hospital transferring system, and so on. All participating physicians receive confidential quarterly reports showing ther outcomes side-by-side with the aggregate outcomes of all participating hospitals.

Our primary goal is to validate a new diagnostic tool for functional coronary artery stenosis that uses multimodal imaging (combining stress echocardiography and stress scintigraphy) in patients with known coronary chest pain.

The present study relates to a new approach to coronary artery and coronary artery by-pass graft imaging, and more particularly to computed tomographic angiography following an aortic root injection of a low amount of contrast (up to 30 cc) via a percutaneously placed catheter (Vanguard DX, Medrad Inc.) positioned in the aortic root. The objective of the study is to show the feasibility of Coronary artery CTA using aortic root injection of contrast compared to the standard invasive cardiac catheterization.

- General Objective To evaluate the effects of curcumin supplementation on cardiovascular risk markers, inflammation, oxidative stress and functional capacity in participants with coronary artery disease. Specific Objectives Assess, before and after supplementation with turmeric: The nutritional status of the participants; Blood pressure; Atherogenic risk; The expression of transcription factors (Nrf2 and NF-kB), antioxidant enzymes (NQO1, HO-1, sirtuin 1 (SIRT-1)), NLPR3 receptor, as well as the levels of inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), protein C reactive (PCR), IL-1, IL 18) and vascular cell adhesion protein 1 (VCAM-1) and E-selectin adhesion molecules; Routine biochemical parameters; Lipid peroxidation and oxidized LDL; The 6-minute walk test, the recovery heart rate and the chair lift test; Modifiable risk factors before and after supplementation; The comparison of all parameters between groups.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the telemedicine use in primary health care is effective in the accompaniment of stable coronary artery disease patients who were discharged from the tertiary health care clinics.