Active clinical trials for "Ischemia"

Despite the recent advances in medical and surgical treatment, heart failure resulting from ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) remains the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality. Ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy(ICM) is defined as abnormally enlarged left ventricular (LV) cavity with documented poor LV function as a result of severe coronary artery disease (CAD). LV remodelling which is inevitable after an infarct has been postulated to contribute largely to the poor outcome of patients with ICM, therefore prevention of LV remodelling is the goal for the treatment in patients with severe CAD. Cell therapy represents a novel therapeutic strategy for treating cardiac diseases including severe CAD and heart failure. A type of stem cells known as mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)can be isolated from bone marrow.This study aims to test the differentiation potential and therapeutic capacity of MSC from severe CAD patients after intracoronary implantation in an ischemic myocardial environment in Malaysian population.

The objective of this study is to compare reduced-dose prasugrel and standard dose clopidogrel in patients older than 74 years with ACS, including non-ST-elevation (NSTEACS) and ST-elevation (STEMI) patients, undergoing early PCI. The primary endpoint of the trial will be the one-year composite of (all-cause)death, myocardial infarction, stroke and re-hospitalization due to cardiovascular reasons or bleeding.

The success of coronary artery bypass grafting is reliant on the quality of the grafts used. A new technique for harvesting veins used as grafts has been introduced. The study hypothesis is that veins harvested with this technique have an improved endothelial function.

This study is being done to determine if Ranolazine treatment improves coronary microcirculation function among patients with coronary microcirculation dysfunction. We are also looking to learn if symptomatic improvement of chest pain during treatment with Ranalozine is related to improved coronary microcirculation function.

This study evaluates the addition of remote ischemic preconditioning and postconditioning to standard myocardial protection protocol in patients submitted to off - pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a prospective, 1:1 randomized, double blind fashion. An interventional group will receive remote ischemic preconditioning 24-hours before OP-CABG, immediately before surgery and within 60 minutes following surgery by means of lower limb ischemia achieved by pressure cuff inflation, whereas control group will receive sham procedure perioperatively.

The objective of the INCORPORATE trial is to evaluate whether an intentional invasive strategy with ischemia targeted, reasonably complete coronary revascularization and optimal medical therapy is superior as compared to a primary conservative approach and optimal medical therapy alone in terms of spontaneous myocardial infarct-free and overall survival in patients with severe peripheral artery disease, underwent peripheral artery revascularization due to critical limb ischemia. The INCORPORATE trial is designed to be non-blinded, open-label, prospective 1:1 randomized controlled multicentric trial.

This prospective study is a pilot study for evaluating a guidance system that aims to facilitate high-quality echocardiographic acquisitions.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate whether, in patients with first-ever atherothrombotic or lacunar stroke without any previous history of atrial fibrillation (AF)/atrial flutter (AFL)/atrial tachycardia (AT), the detection of AF/AFL/AT (silent or symptomatic) by using a continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring with implantable loop recorder (ILR) during the first 12 months of observation is higher than the detection by using a standard cardiac monitoring (physical exam, 12-lead electrocardiogram [ECG] at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months and Holter ECG at 3 months) in the same period of time.

A phase III, randomized, multi-center, open label clinical trial that will examine whether endovascular treatment is superior to standard medical therapy alone in patients who suffer a large vessel anterior circulation ischemic stroke within 8-24 hours from time last seen well

The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that following the use of intravitreal dexamethasone implant for the treatment of DME, there will be an observable increase in the capillary density plexus as denoted by the quantitative assessment of the superficial capillary plexus on OCTA, as well as a decrease in size of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ).