Active clinical trials for "Coronary Artery Disease"

Myocardial infarction and chronic coronary heart disease (cCHD) are the most frequent causes of death in Germany. Treatment options include widening of the narrowed / blocked coronary vessel via catheter and stent or bypass surgery in which the narrowed vessel sites are bridged. The "German National Disease Management Guideline on cCHD" helps doctors to decide which treatment is most appropriate for the severity of vascular damage and possible concomitant diseases of the patient. Nevertheless, there are other factors determining treatment decision. For example, the equipment or preferences of the hospital or department in which patients are admitted, play a role in the decision. The aim of the REVASK project is to investigate whether and to what extent the collaboration of cardiology and heart surgery specialists in so-called "heart teams" influences the decision on therapy. For this purpose, doctors and patients will be interviewed about how the treatment decision was made and how satisfied both sides are with the outcome of the treatment and the decision. In addition, claims data from several German health insurance companies (Techniker, BARMER, Betriebs- und Innungskrankenkassen) will be analyzed. Treatment data, which is documented as usual by the treating medical staff and passed on to the health insurance companies for accounting purposes, is used. Furthermore, treatment data recorded in the registers of the professional societies is analyzed.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in Trinidad and Tobago. Early detection and management can help improve morbidity and mortality. Retinal artery microvascular disease has been shown to directly correlate with coronary artery disease. Retinal artery calibre screening via the Optic Coherence Tomography (OCT) will provide a non-invasive method of diagnosing CAD.

The chronic coronary artery disease could be detected by a drop in the expression of A2A receptors to adenosine, while high values of the KD / EC50 ratio are a sign of coronary ischemia. Knowing the number of A2A receptors in circulating lymphocytes could allow detection of coronary artery disease and evaluating the functionality of A2A receptors in circulating lymphocytes could allow quantification of myocardial ischemia. Thus, a simple and unique blood sample would quickly detect patients with life-threatening coronary ischemia. This would avoid prolonged hospitalizations and costly non-invasive tests (stress echocardiography, myocardial scintigraphy) in patients without coronary artery disease.

The objective of this study is to determine the rate of early radial artery occlusion following 7-French(7-Fr) transradial coronary intervention using a new Terumo (Tokyo, Japan) Glidesheath Slender, in comparison with the currently used 7-Fr radial sheath.

A single center, prospective, observational study to compare fractional flow reserve (FFR) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) optimization strategies on the functional PCI result (assessed with FFR) immediately post PCI and at 9-12 months after the treatment of long coronary artery lesions.

A total of 9269 adults who received CCTA scans for coronary disease evaluation during a general medical checkup at the Health Screening and Promotion Center in Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea between January 2007 and December 2011 were initially selected. All participants were provided with information about the potential benefits and risks of CCTA and made the decision to undergo the procedure at their own expense. They were also informed that their clinical and radiological data would be used for this study and gave their consent. Of these individuals, 7129 agreed to participate, and 6343 were enrolled in this CCTA registry.

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a gut microbiota-dependent metabolite of dietary choline, L-carnitine, and phosphatidylcholine-rich foods. On the basis of experimental studies and patients with prevalent disease, elevated plasma TMAO may increase risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, to our knowledge, no data is available on its impact on coronary microcirculation.

This study aims to determine whether the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) can be used as predictors of coronary heart disease (CHD) in CKD patients undergoing dialysis at Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta. It was hypothesized that NLR and PLR, which have been identified as inflammatory biomarkers, would be significantly related to increased arotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in CKD patients undergoing dialysis. This study is an observational analytic study using a cross-sectional approach conducted at department of renal-hypertension and hemodialysis unit in Moewardi General Hospital in Surakarta, Indonesia from January to July 2022.

The proposed study aims to compare (a) volume contrast administered for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging, (b) length of clear OCT images, and (c) electrocardiographic changes immediately after contrast injection between iso-osmolar and low-osmolar contrast agents. The proposed study is a prospective, single-centered, randomized controlled, study that will compare an iso-osmolar vs. a low-osmolar contrast agent in patients undergoing clinically indicated coronary OCT imaging. Each patient will be randomized to OCT acquisition.

To investigate the risk of major bleeding (including gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding episodes) among new users of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in clinical practice