Active clinical trials for "Heart Diseases"

Identify our institution's current perioperative management strategies for pediatric cardiac surgery patients. Identify predictive factors for receiving perioperative care following P-ERACS strategies. Compare outcomes between P-ERACS and non-P-ERACS patients

The investigators present the case of a 40-year-old female underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Intraoperative indocyanine green test was performed

There is growing evidence that central blood pressure is a better predictor of hypertensive end-organ damage and cardiovascular outcome than routine brachial readings. The investigators aimed to evaluate the accuracy of a novel device for the non-invasive determination of central blood pressure based on automated oscillometric radial pulse wave analysis.

Earlier studies have found that retinal photography could be very useful for evaluating the condition of microcirculation and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in patients. The architectural changes in retinal vascularisation strongly correlates with macrovascular remodeling. Also, recent founding suggests a possible close anatomical parallel between both the macrovascular and the microvascular blood. Our objectives are to assess (1) in which age and sex subgroups, if any, retinal vascular alteration in arterioles and venules can be predictive for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; and (2) whether variations in arteriolar or venular caliber will predict better cardiovascular pathogenesis in normal and patient population. If the association between the diameter of the retinal vessels and the risks of cardiovascular disease is verified during this study, the impact on prevention would be enormous. The retinal microvascular change could become a powerful biomarker in the early detection of the cardiovascular pathogenesis and death risk

The purpose of this study is to identify cardiac patients' degree of unappreciated mild impairment in cognitive function patterns of cognitive function, and influencing factors related to cognitive functioning during hospitalization. The results from the study will contribute to tailoring the delivery of patient education to optimize patient understanding of information in future clinical practice. It is hypothesized that the study will demonstrate the following: The degree of cognitive function for patients hospitalized in a CICU will be below the scores for normal functioning adults. Patients with acute cardiovascular conditions will score differently in cognitive functioning at various times throughout their hospitalization. Relationships between cognitive function and following variables: Patients with greater sleep deprivation or fatigue will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. Patients with greater hunger will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. Patients who are experiencing greater anxiety will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. Patients who are experiencing depression will exhibit lower cognitive functioning. Patients who have undergone or will undergo shortly treatment or procedures will exhibit lower cognitive functioning.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of cardiac disease/coronary artery disease and diagnostic yield of different non-invasive methods in patients with type 2 diabetes 40-75 years of age at examination. Exercise tests, Doppler echocardiographic examination with Tissue Velocity Imaging, stress Echocardiography, transthoracic Doppler of coronary arteries with coronary flow reserve, and cardiac MRI with late enhancement at rest, and perfusion after vasodilatation stress will be used in the study. A subpopulation will in addition measure forearm vasodilation(FMD) and CFR before and after 4 months of exercise training.

Many stress tests being done today have two parts, the stress test and the pictures of your heart. The investigators are comparing a newer technique to obtain the pictures (PET imaging) to the standard method (SPECT imaging). However, it is not known if the new test is better than the old test. It is important to have a standard to compare these tests to, and that is why people who will be getting a cardiac catheterization are being asked to participate. The information about your arteries from the cardiac catheterization will be used to judge which stress test is better. The investigators hypothesize that the newer method (PET imaging) will be more accurate than the old method (SPECT) in detecting heart disease.

To investigate whether the use of Corus CAD (Age/Sex/Gene Expression score - ASGES) blood assay changes the diagnostic testing pattern in patients referred to a cardiologist for the evaluation of chest pain or anginal equivalent symptoms.

The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors for insulin resistance and to investigate the influence of insulin sensitivity on development of cardiovascular risk markers like blood pressure, heart rate, body build (weight, BMI, waist-hip ratio, skinfold thickness), reduced insulin sensitivity, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, and sympathoadrenal activity or manifest cardiovascular disease among young men during 10-20 years.

Alcohol abuse is associated with a variety of clinical diseases, but studies on prevalence of different somatic diseases among alcohol abusers are lacking. Studies on populations in an out-day patients' clinic are also lacking. The investigators aim to study somatic health standard in an out-day patients' clinic population of alcohol abusers, with regard to prevalence of different kinds of somatic diseases, and how the interaction of somatic and psychiatric treatment can influence on patients quality of life. Clinical examination including blood samples and echocardiographic examinations in all participants, other additional examinations (as x-ray, CT or MRI if indicated by clinical findings).