Active clinical trials for "Ischemia"

The main purpose of the study is to get information about the safety and efficacy of treatment with Dapsone to prevent the disability after ischemic Stroke, in patients diagnosed with anterior territory brain infarct.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) occurs when small arteries in the brain rupture due to weakening by age, high blood pressure, and/or elevated cholesterol. In addition to artery rupture, recent data suggests that patients with ICH are also at risk for developing occlusion of arteries during the acute phase, called ischemic strokes. Data suggests these ischemic strokes can negatively impact patient outcomes. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is a sequence on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) that is a sensitive marker for ischemic strokes in the brain. In this proposal, our primary aim is examine prospectively the effect DWI abnormalities have on functional outcomes in patients with ICH. Our hypothesis is that the DWI abnormalities found on MRI of the brain lead to worse functional outcomes in patients with ICH

Oxygen is necessary for the survival of oxygen consuming organisms. But the organisms metabolism alter the oxygen to free radicals. Free radicals are molecules which due to their structure can react with other molecules resulting in cell damage. This damage is due to several mechanisms. This is e.g what happens when human tissue is cut of from blood supply for a time, and the blood supply is again restored. The damage following the restoration of blood is known as "ischemia-reperfusion injury". The reopening of the vessels and thereby supplying oxygenated blood to the deprived tissue can in it self contribute to cell death due to excessive amounts of free radicals. Antioxidants can neutralize free radicals and thereby minimize their damage. The purpose of the investigators methodology study is to make an ischemia-reperfusion model on healthy volunteers (on the lower limb) to examine the expression of markers that are expressed in the muscle and the blood when blood supply is cut of to an area and later restored. The investigators wish to measure the product of the damage caused by free radicals and the levels of antioxidants. If the investigators can produce elevation of oxidative and inflammatory markers, this model can be used to test antioxidative intervention.

The aim of the investigators was to determine whether the immediate management of any detected sleep disorders can improve outcomes in patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke. This group of patients is at high risk for having a recurrent stroke or TIA, and the investigators would like to investigate new ways of preventing potentially avoidable events. The treatment of sleep disorders immediately after a stroke or TIA may prove to be a novel method of avoiding future strokes and improving outcomes.

intravenous rt-PA is effective to reduce the risk of death or dependency after ischaemic stroke. This effect is due to an early recanalization secondary to the lysis of the clot. However this effect may be counterbalanced by the increased risk of bleeding and also the neurotoxicity of rt-PA, which has been shown in animals to depend on the ratio single chain (sc) / double chain (tc) in the rt-PA administered. The main objective of OPHELIE is to determine whether the functional outcome after treatment by iv rt-PA depends on the ratio sc-rtPA / tc-rtPA. Secondary objectives were to identify the influence on the risk of brain haemorrhage, and the influence of the cognitive state (OPHELIE-COG substudy).

The purpose of this study is determine the diagnostic performance of dual energy computed tomography perfusion for non-invasive assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary stenosis, as compared to a direct measurement of fraction flow reserve during cardiac catheterization as a reference standard. The overall objective of the present study is to determine the diagnostic performance of dual energy computed tomography perfusion for non-invasive assessment of the hemodynamic significance of coronary stenosis, as compared to direct measurement of fraction flow reserve during cardiac catheterization as a reference standard.

Patients with impaired renal function are at elevated risk for development of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Effective AKI prevention strategies are needed. Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a novel and successful strategy to attenuate contrast medium induced AKI in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography. The retrospective RenPro-TAVI Trial was designed to test the hypothesis whether remote ischemic preconditioning might attenuate kidney injury in patients receiving transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Patients with impaired renal function undergoing TAVI will be evaluated in respect whether they received remote ischemic preconditioning before the procedure or not. This study will give insight if RIPC might be beneficial in these patients.

This is a prospective, observational, single-arm, open-label, multicenter, postapproval registry study in China. The purpose of this study is to: Evaluate the continued safety and effectiveness of the XIENCE V EECSS in a cohort of real-world patients receiving the XIENCE V EECSS during commercial use Evaluate patient compliance to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)

To determine the association between ischemic heart disease incidence and anthropometric indices of body-fat distribution.

To determine whether postprandial lipoproteins were associated with atherosclerosis, and if so, whether the association was statistically independent of that between fasting lipoproteins and atherosclerosis.