Active clinical trials for "Coronary Disease"

Study hypothesis: Multifactorial risk reduction in coronary heart disease can reduce the risk of new coronary heart disease and death

The purpose of the study is to determine if calcium score can be used as a predictor of coronary artery disease in heart transplanted patients, as it is used in non-transplanted persons.

Observe whether the administration of caffeine prior to regadenoson will affect the interpretation of test results in subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing SPECT MPI

To determine if postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy in women following coronary bypass surgery would reduce the occurrence of graft occlusion and delay the development of graft atherosclerosis.

To assess the ability of two separate therapeutic interventions, propranolol and hyaluronidase, to limit the ultimate size of an acute myocardial infarction. A secondary objective was to assess the influence of these therapies upon ventricular function and morbidity following myocardial infarction.

Prospective, controlled, double randomized, non-blinded, multicenter, investigator initiated, academic superiority trial comparing optical coherence tomography (OCT) guided vs. angiography guided wire recrossing in jailed side branches (SB) (1. randomization 1:1)(superiority) and comparing Medtronic Resolute Integrity and Xience Prime for stent strut apposition in the SB ostium (2. randomization 1:1) (superiority). Acute primary endpoint and 30 days clinical follow-up. Hypothesis: OCT guided wire recrossing in bifurcation stenting results in less malapposed struts in the segment facing the SB ostium. Secondary hypothesis: Treatment by Medtronic Resolute Integrity stent results in less malapposed struts at the bifurcation segment compared to treatment by the Abbott Xience Prime stent.

Watching football matches could cause increased blood pressure and heart rate induced by catecholamines and thus increase the incidence of cardiovascular events. However, no studies have evaluated the responses of blood pressure and heart rate in soccer spectators. This study evaluates the hemodynamic response in Brazilian soccer fans suffering from coronary artery disease during a dispute over a game of your favorite team.

Multiple overlapping drug-eluting coronary stents (DES) are usually needed to treat long coronary stenoses but this strategy is expensive and the response to overlapping DES has not been extensively studied. The recent availability of bioabsorbable polymer DES could allow treatment of long coronary stenoses without leaving gross burden of non-absorbable polymer in the vessel wall, even in case of overlapping stents. Thus we planned to evaluate which of the 2 strategies, namely using a single long biabsorbable DES or two shorter biabsorbable DES with minimal overlapping, is better in treating long coronary stenoses. The study is a spontanous randomized multicenter open-label study. A maximum of 300 patients with stable angina and at leat 1 coronary stenosis >28mm and <40mm of length will be randomized in 1:1 fashion by a Web-based electronic CRF. The long stent group (Group A) will be treated by a single 44mm Biomime DES (II generation DES with bioabsorbable polymer, Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat, India). The short stent group (Group B) will be treated by 2 short Biomime DES positioned with minimal overlapping. The primary end-point of the study will be the 6 moth in-stent late lumen loss. Seconadry end-points will be 1, 6 and 12 month overall mortality, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization, stent thrombosis and MACE (combination of the 3 previous clinical end-points). Patients will be evaluated by 6-month control coronary angiography and late lumen loss in the stented vessel will be measured in a quantitative coronary angiography Core Lab (Cardioimaging Centre, Novara, Italy)

The proposed study is to validate a new non-invasive imaging technique for evaluation of cardiac microciculation in coronary artery disease with a comparison with validated technique invasive, which is measure of index of myocardial resistance.

This pilot clinical trial studies computed tomography (CT) scans and biomarker analysis in diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients who have undergone a stem cell transplant but have no symptoms of CAD. CAD is a disease in which there is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the heart) and patients who have undergone a stem cell transplant are at an especially high risk for CAD. A CT scan involves a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body taken from different angles. The pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. Studying samples of blood from patients who have undergone a stem cell transplant in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to CAD. Using a CT scan in combination with biomarker analysis may be a better and less-invasive way to diagnose CAD.