ST Segment Detection Study
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe purpose of ST Detect study is to evaluate whether naturally occurring spontaneous coronary events and exercise induced cardiac ischemia, give rise to detectable changes on intracardiac electrogram (EGM) signals in patients that are indicated for an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) who have coronary artery disease.
Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography for Acute Chest Pain Evaluation
Acute Coronary SyndromesCoronary Artery DiseaseThe purpose of this study is to evaluate whether 64-slice Computed Tomographic coronary angiography is useful for rapid diagnosis or exclusion of significant coronary artery disease in patients who present to the Emergency Department with chest pain.
Use of Magnetocardiography in Evaluation of Patients Going for Cardiac Catheterization
Acute Coronary SyndromeCoronary Artery Stenosis1 moreThis is a multicenter, prospective trial to measure the test performance characteristics of the Magnetocardiography (MCG) CardioFlux cardiac diagnostic system in detecting clinically significant coronary artery obstruction in patients with symptoms of suspected acute coronary syndrome or who present with a failed stress test with the intention of treat with cardiac catheterization.
Phase Analysis and Obstructive CAD on Rubidium PET
Coronary Artery DiseaseRubidium myocardial perfusion PET is an imaging test used to diagnose patients with abnormal blood flow to the heart secondary to narrowing of the heart vessels. Phase analysis is a computer method that is applied after the PET test is done. It is used to determine when a region of the heart contracts relative to other heart regions in the heart beating cycle. Initial data suggest that regions of the heart with abnormal blood flow change the pattern of contraction from rest to stress conditions. That is, regions of the heart with abnormal blood supply become dyssynchronous when compared to the normal regions of the heart. This study will investigate whether phase analysis may aid the visual interpretation of rubidium myocardial perfusion PET studies by determining the areas of the heart that are not beating in synchrony with the normal heart regions. This information will be used as a proxy for poor blood supply. The gold standard will be coronary angiography by which the percent narrowing of the heart vessels is assessed.
LipiScan- Ultrasound INterrogation of Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries:
Coronary Artery DiseaseAtherosclerosisThe goal of this study is to correlate both plaque and % lipid core content assessed by NIRS-IVUS (Imaging technique) to plaque burden and % lipid core content in coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CCTA) completed at 1 week in non-culprit coronary arteries.
User Evaluation Study of SyncVision System With Software v4.X
Coronary Artery DiseaseThis is a prospective, single-arm, unblinded, case observation study evaluating a commercially released 'Conformité Européenne' (CE)-mark co-registration software system along-side of a commercially- released CE-mark coronary physiology and X-ray system during routine clinical workflow. The purpose of this study is to collect Professional user feedback regarding clinical utility of the SyncVision 4.X system.
Diagnostic Performance of Coronary CT Angiography With CT FFR in Kidney Transplantation Candidates...
Coronary Artery DiseaseComputed TomographyPatients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) before kidney transplantation require that obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is excluded, as cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of mortality in kidney transplant patients. However, in this patient population, the optimal method for the detection of obstructive CAD has not been identified. Noninvasive stress tests such as Dobutamine stress echocardiography or nuclear perfusion study have low diagnostic accuracy. CT fractional flow reserve measurement (CT FFR) is a novel non-invasive (FDA approved) imaging test to identify obstructive CAD. The goal of this project is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CT FFR in the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with chronic kidney disease before kidney transplantation.
PGD2 Formation in Vascular Injury
Coronary Artery DiseaseAcute Coronary Syndrome1 moreTo investigate the biosynthesis of PGD2 during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedure.
Time To Complications Occurs in Diabetes
RetinopathyNephropathy3 moreDiabetes causing serious complications is well known. In this study the aim is to follow 950 patients with diabetes for 15 years to study when, in who and how the diabetes complications occurs.
Detection of Ultrasound Contrast Signals in the Cerebral Circulation
Brain Vascular DisordersCoronary Artery DiseaseTo Determine whether transcranial ultrasound can detect the presence of intravenously injected microbubbles used routinely for dobutamine stress echocardiography.