Active clinical trials for "Heart Diseases"

The incidence of coronary heart disease in young people is not uncommon and the investigators will explore the factors contributing to this outcome

This study focuses on patients with incomplete revascularization combined with renal insufficiency. And since heart and kidney are two organs influence each other, the study take the mechanism of heart and kidney comorbidity and the risk factors of the two organs.As one of the traditional Chinese sports, Tai Chi is an aerobic exercise combineing movements with static postures, which can significantly improve the aerobic endurance of patients with coronary heart disease. In this study, a parallel, randomized controlled study method is used to quantitatively evaluate the myocardial ischemia condition by myocardial perfusion imaging indicators. This study aims to figure out whether the cardiac rehabilitation training program based on Tai Chi has a positive effect on the patients' myocardial ischemic.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a program of presurgical and postsurgical nurse interventions (PROCESS-VALVE) on quality indicators of the health of patients undergoing percutaneous valve procedures. (waiting times, patient satisfaction, admission times, hospital readmission, mortality, intrahospital complications and nosocomial infections). Design of the study is an ambispective quasi-experimental study. For the control group, data will be collected retrospectively from patients undergoing percutaneous valve procedures who did not receive pre- or postsurgical consultations. The intervention group will comprise those patients who agree to participate in the study and the haemodynamic nurse valve consultation program (PROCESS-VALVE). In addition, the investigators will assess whether a face-to-face postsurgical consultation improved quality indicators compared to postsurgical telephone consultation; for this, a sub-study will be carried out comparing face-to-face or telephone postsurgical follow-up by means of a randomised controlled clinical trial with simple blinding in the intervention group. Study area will be at the Hemodynamic Unit of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and the study population are chosen patients for percutaneous valvular intervention who attend the pre-surgical consultation at our center. Dependent variable will be the indicators cited in the study aim and the independent variable will be the pre-surgical and post-surgical consultation. In pre-surgical consultation will be done a patient recruitment and will collect sociodemographic and clinical data. At patient will be done an individualized interview with an Ad-Hoc questionnaire and to collect fragility level of study and level of planned connections. In the subsequent follow-up, all pacients will receive a follow-up visit and collect satisfaction and quality indicators. But this pacients will be randomized to telephone follow-up or face-to-face follow up. Sample size has been calculated in 194 to be distributed equally in both groups and the clinical trials groups will be formed by 94 patients in each group The protocol has been modified to an ambispective quasi-experimental study with a subsequent randomization for the type of follow-up (telephone vs face-to-face) due to organizational changes in the participant center.

This study aims to describe chest wall mechanics during delayed sternal closure (DSC) in neonates following cardiopulmonary bypass or palliation of congenital heart diseases.

Survival rates of children with severe congenital heart disease (CHD) have increased with ongoing medical progress over the past decades. However, many children with CHD face academic challenges during adolescence, which are associated with executive dysfunction. Executive functions (EF), higher-order cognitive processes allowing goal-directed behavior, can be particularly affected in children with CHD. To improve EF in affected children, a specific EF intervention has been developed. The intervention lasts a total of 8 weeks and is structured in 3 modules. The first module consists of a weekly strategy training in which problems resulting from executive dysfunction are addressed. Online games form the second module. These are games implemented online to promote EF through play. The third module is also based on games: The families receive several board games to play together at home. This third module is voluntary. This intervention is tested on its feasibility. As the intervention was built in a patient centered manner, we expect it to be feasible, showing in a high adherence rate and satisfaction.

This study evaluates the effects of pulmonary vasodilator therapy on pulmonary capillary blood flow by measuring the functional capillary surface area (FCSA) at baseline and post nitric oxide inhalation, through the injection of 3H-benzoyl-Phe-Ala-Pro (BPAP). FCSA will be related to flow and other hemodynamic parameters in order to determine if there is capillary recruitment or distention in Fontan patients. We will also compare baseline FCSA measurements with previously studied normal subjects, to assess the difference in hemodynamic pulmonary functional parameters between these single ventricle physiology patients and normal subjects.

The overall goal of this program is to create a remote, mobile application enabled exercise program for patients with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Pilot trials will consist of a remote exercise program with app-embedded exercise modules designed to promote and encourage safe and healthy exercise habits across a range of CHD anatomies. This app-enabled program will allow for real time data collection integrating wearable devices, as well as compliance and safety monitoring to enhance research capabilities. The app-enabled program will be versatile and may be applied in the future to patients with non-cardiac conditions.

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of death in developed countries, including Sweden. Standard treatment for patients after MI includes exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation which contributes to improved cardiovascular function and reduces the risk of hospital readmissions, new cardiovascular events and mortality. Thermotherapy may also have beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease by a reduction in inflammatory status and improved metabolism and vascular function. Given the well-documented effects of exercise training on cardiac rehabilitation and recent evidence that thermotherapy may improve cardiovascular function, we wish to investigate the effect of exercise combined with hot water immersion (HWI) in cardiac rehabilitation post-MI. This is a single-centre, randomized controlled clinical trial in patients with recent MI. Our aim is to investigate whether exercise training combined with HWI improves inflammatory and metabolic status, cardiovascular function as well as psychological well-being, compared with exercise training alone. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to an 8 week intervention with exercise training 2 times per week followed by 15 minutes of hot water immersion, or to a control group with exercise training alone. The primary endpoint is changes in the inflammatory marker interleukin (IL-) 6 between groups at 8 weeks. Secondary endpoints include other biomarkers of inflammation, metabolism, effects on cardiovascular function and psychological benefits. Secondary prevention after MI has improved during the last decades but readmissions and death following acute MI remain large health challenges. If HWI in addition to standard cardiac rehabilitation can lower inflammation more than standard therapy alone, and improve metabolic, cardiovascular and psychological status, it could be a cost-effective and safe complementary strategy for secondary prevention after MI, particularly for those with limited exercise capability.

Multicenter, prospective, non-randomized, post-market clinical follow-up (PMCF) study to confirm and support the clinical safety and performance of Sequent Please Neo to meet EU Medical Device regulation (MDR) requirements in all the consecutive patients treated with Sequent Please Neo.

This case-control study is planned to recruit patients who meet the enrollment conditions, receive cardiac surgery (cardiac valve surgery or coronary artery bypass surgery) and cardiopulmonary bypass, and sign the informed consent form in the second ward of adult cardiac surgery, Fuwai Hospital. Use RASS, CAM-ICU scales to evaluate postoperative patients and divide them into delirium and non-delirium groups according to whether they had delirium after surgery. There will be 30 patients in each group. Match the two groups in terms of surgical type, duration of cardiopulmonary bypass, gender and age range (± 3 years). Collect and record the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative data of the enrolled patients, including cardiopulmonary bypass time, ICU stay time, length of mechanical ventilation, hemodynamics and other data. Fecal and/or blood samples are collected from 60 patients before, immediately after and after operation. The laboratory test and analysis shall be started after the collection of clinical samples. Fecal samples are used for Metagenomics Sequencing and Functional genomics. Blood samples are analyzed by serum metabolomics for changes in intestinal metabolites entering the blood circulation. Simultaneous measurement of IL-6 and TNF in peripheral blood with serum samples- α, IL-1a,IFN-γ and LPS, D-lactic acid and diamine oxidase levels.Use Multi-omics approach to analyze the correlation between intestinal flora diversity, functional gene abundance and blood metabolites, inflammation level and intestinal barrier function, and to find the clinical evidence of the correlation between microbiota-gut-brain axis and the occurrence of POD in patients. Through comprehensive analysis of the research results of this experiment, access to literature, write papers, submit papers and publish relevant papers.