Active clinical trials for "Coronary Disease"

This study evaluates the short-term patency of vein graft harvested by the No-Touch technique compared to that by the conventional approach in patients undergoing isolated on-pump/off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. a total of at least 2000 patients undergoing isolated on-pump/off-pump CABG will be consecutively recruited from 7 hospitals across China and randomly assigned to receive No-Touch saphenous vein harvesting or conventional approach. All participants will be invited for clinical follow-up and 64-slice multislice computed tomography angiography (MSCTA) analysis at 3 months post-operatively.

It remains unknown if the association between moderate to low intensity statin therapy and ezetimibe and nutraceuticals might have a therapeutic role in high-intensity statin intolerant patients

This is an investigator initiated randomized trial, performed under the auspices of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. It is a multicenter, international, parallel, randomized 1:1 (amphilimus-eluting stents vs zotarolimus-eluting stents) clinical trial performed exclusively in patients with diabetes mellitus. The study has an "all-comers diabetics" design. The primary-endpoint is target lesion failure at 1-year follow-up (non-inferiority design) and the co-primary end-point is target lesion failure at 2-years follow-up (superiority-design).

Higher consumption of fruits and vegetables promote greater availability of phenolic compounds and these compounds were associated with vascular health. Quercetin, a phenolic compound, is the most abundant natural antioxidant belonging to the group of flavonoids. Quercetin improved lipoprotein metabolism, had antioxidant capacity, produced vasodilating substances in the vascular endothelium and reduced platelet aggregability. Likewise, statins are medications known to reduce cardiovascular events in women with coronary disease by reducing serum LDL-cholesterol. Therefore, a number of metabolic pathways are responsible for vascular health. The serum concentration and gene expression of sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) and RAGE soluble (sRAGE) are directly associated with vascular protection. This study will analyse the influence of atorvastatin and quercetin on serum concentrations and gene expression of Sirt1 and sRAGE in postmenopausal women with stable coronary artery disease.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and morphological features of coronary plaques by means of OCT in patients with acute myocardial infarction but without any significant coronary stenosis at coronary angiography. In addition, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) will be performed to assess the prevalence, location, and pattern of myocardial injury as well as other concomitant findings. As a secondary analysis, the association between the distribution and characteristics of coronary plaques detected on OCT and myocardial injury shown by CMR will be evaluated. In addition, a post-hoc survey regarding the potential modification of the interventional treatment approach based on OCT analysis will be conducted.

Study for developing techniques to evaluate coronary artery hemodynamic profiles by conventional angiography without more dedicated measuring devices.

This is a prospective, multi-center trial conducted at up to 20 US, Canadian, European and Asian centers designed to determine the diagnostic performance of CT-FLOW (the investigational technology) by coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for non-invasive assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions, as compared to direct measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) during cardiac catheterization as a reference standard.

Angiographically obtained fractional flow reserve(FFR) could provide functional and clinical information about stenotic lesion, but the invasiveness and measuring difficulty of FFR make it unfamiliar to perform. CT coronary angiography is non-invasive tool to evaluate lesion severity and lately developing computational fluid dynamics could provide functional information. The investigators build a patient specific model of computational fluid dynamics by CT coronary angiography and evaluate the functional significance by measuring fractional flow reserve via CT coronary angiography and computational fluid dynamics, and investigate its long-term prognostic implications.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether coronary artery CT scanning or nuclear stress testing is better at diagnosing chest pain patients with coronary artery disease to select appropriate candidates for coronary catheterization and re-vascularization.

A feasibility pilot trial of the self-help, "Cognitive behavioural therapy" based "Living Life to the Full" Materials for use by patients with diabetes type 2 and / or coronary heart disease.