Active clinical trials for "Coronary Artery Disease"

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is associated with postoperative respiratory depression. In this study we aimed at investigating perioperative parameters that could predict the nadir of postoperative respiratory function impairment.

Metabolic syndrome (MS) has been reported as a risk for cardiovascular events. The aim of the present cohort study is to investigate whether ACEi therapy reduces the rate of periprocedural myocardial injury (PPMI) after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among patients with metabolic syndrome.

The investigators intend to prospectively enroll consecutive patients, without known ischemic heart disease, referred by their physician for routine exercise MPI at a tertiary care center. Prior to the MPI (nuclear stress test), eligible and consenting patients will undergo a one-hour period of Holter ECG digital recording. Application of ECG electrodes will be performed by medical technicians following standard recommendations, utilizing approved Holter device & stickers. The Holter ECG data will be used for the offline heart rate variability (HRV) analysis by the HeartTrends device. Immediately following data acquisition, all patients will undergo an exercise MPI according to accepted clinical practice guidelines. Following the MPI, there will be no interference with patient management, which will be conducted by the patients' treating physicians according to current guidelines, unaware of HRV results. Analysis of recorded ECG data for HRV will be performed blinded to the EST and MPI results, by HeartTrends device. The results of the HRV tests will not be available to treating physicians and will not be used to guide patient management. Patients will be followed for 6 months for the occurrence of coronary interventions and MACE, defined as: death, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or any coronary revascularization.

Central aortic blood pressure (BP) and flow are generally more informative about the health condition of the heart and the arterial system compared with BP measured in peripheral locations (e.g. arm or leg). However, their clinical impact has been limited due to the cost, risk and discomfort associated with their measurements. Peripheral BP is attractive because it can be measured relatively easily than central aortic BP. However, peripheral BP is not as useful as central aortic BP since the shape of its waveform is different from that of central aortic BP. The applicant recently developed two innovative methods, the "Individualized Transfer Functions (ITF)," which is able to estimate the central aortic BP waveform of a patient using the measurements of peripheral BP waveform(s). The methods were successfully validated using animal and simulated human subjects. The objective of the proposed research project is to examine the validity of these innovative methods in human subjects. Cardiovascular disease accounts for 1/3 of all deaths and more than $22 billion healthcare-related cost in Canada every year. The proposed research project will make significant contribution in improving clinical care by the potential of ITF in detection and diagnostics of cardiovascular disease. In fact, the proposed research project is a key initial step towards our long-term research objective of non-invasive cardiovascular disease diagnostics. The success of the proposed research project will demonstrate that ITF can serve as a low-cost, non-invasive and convenient alternative for central aortic BP measurement, which can further be used for the development of detection and diagnostics methods for a number of cardiovascular diseases (e.g. aortic valve impairment and peripheral arterial disease) by virtue of the relevant health and disease conditions of central and peripheral arterial vessels that ITF can deliver.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. PCI, as a well-proved and booming measure in CHD management, is invasive and of high cost, however the knowledge about the real-life PCI use in China is limited. Within a nation-wide and regional representative probability sample of hospitals in China, 14,000 CAG/PCI inpatient cases will be sampled randomly from 2001 to 2011. The sampled medical records will be reviewed and abstracted in the national coordinating centre, in order to evaluate the treatment pattern, outcomes, and cost for PCI, during the past decade. Basic data and innovative evidence will accelerate evidence-based clinical practice and policy making, and improve patients outcomes in future finally.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) pose a serious health threaten to population. PCI, as a well-proved and booming measure in CHD management, is invasive and of high cost, however the knowledge about the real-life PCI use in China is limited. By consecutively recruiting PCI patients in 30 geographically representative highest-rank hospitals, this study will examine various real-life factors, that may affect patients recovery after the procedure. Practical guidelines, appropriateness criteria and quality evaluative system for PCI will be established based on the findings, to improve patients outcomes in future finally.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) pose a serious health threaten to population. Optimal revascularization strategy in multiple vessel coronary artery disease patients remains a subject of debate between interventional cardiologists and surgeons. Knowledge about the real-life revascularization pattern and outcomes in China is limited. By consecutively recruiting three vessel coronary heart disease patients in 25 geographically representative highest-rank hospitals, this study will examine revascularization strategy, and various real-life factors, that may affect patients lone-term recovery. Practical guidelines, appropriateness criteria and quality evaluative system for revascularization strategy will be established based on the findings, to improve patients outcomes in future finally.

Coronary heart disease is a very common condition caused by narrowings in the blood vessel supplying the heart. the investigators are studying new tests to diagnose heart disease. In this study the investigators plan to investigate a special scan called a PET/CT (Positron emission tomography/computed tomography) and a new type of CT (Computed tomography) scan to tell us about the flow of blood to the heart muscle.

The background for performing the present study is to compare the mass calculations by CT scanning and by invasive absolute blood flow measurements and thereby corroborating both methods.

Enrollment: Patients with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) and moderate coronary artery stenoses (30-70 %) Patients with acute myocardial infarction and moderate stenosis of non-culprit arteries (NCL; BYSTANDER LESION) Aims: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement To assess the prognostic impact of reclassification by a mismatching negative test Hypothesis: DSE and FFR have similar prognostic value in both clinical settings (SCAD and NCL) Considering the strong negative predictive value of both DSE and FFR, one negative test is sufficiently enough to defer revascularisation, even in the case of mismatch