Active clinical trials for "Ischemia"

The study population will be patients with planned double-lung transplant, with preoperative ex-vivo reconditioning procedure. The ex-vivo procedure will be performed for lungs considered as limit to be directly implanted according to the national classification or in case of Maastrich 3 decision. They required a rehabilitation procedure like ex-vivo to determine their quality. Once the procedure initiated, the unused remaining liquid will be retrieved for the first gasometry usually performed. This will be the time T1 of sampling. The unused remaining liquid will be retrieved for the gasometry of end of procedure usually performed, before the graft cooling. This will be the time T2. The purge liquid of first lung at the declamping of the pulmonary artery will be retrieved at the time of unclamping (time T3 of sampling). The purge liquid of the second lung at the declamping of the pulmonary artery will be retrieved with the same procedure (time T4 of sampling). The samples will be analysed with ELISA technique. The endothelial dysfunction will be evaluated with plasma concentration of heparan sulphate, syndecan-1, endothelin-1 and i-NOS.

This study is a prospective, observational, cohort study aiming to compare point-of-care high-sensitive troponin I testing from different sample types with central laboratory (CL) HS cTnI plasma samples. A registry of all included patients and their troponin results (POC, CL and HS cTnT) will be made to compare these testing methods.

This study will evaluate the effect of a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme on blood protein molecules that may improve the function of arteries in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who have suffered a heart attack. CAD patients who have either agreed or disagreed to take part in a CR programme will be recruited. This will allow a comparison of the study measurements between a group of patients who complete a CR programme and a group of patients who do not. The other objective of this study is to perform interviews with the study participants and their significant others (i.e. spouse, family member, or a close friend) to listen to the reasons why patients agreed or disagreed to take part in a CR programme.

Ischemic optic neuropathy is among the most common causes of serious impaired vision in the middle-aged and elderly population in the western world. The current study focuses on a subgroup of ischemic optic neuropathy, the so-called non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). Although the exact pathogenesis of NAION has not been fully clarified it is known that patients with cardio-vascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia have also an increased risk to develop NAION. Along this line of thought it has been shown that patients with a history of NAION in one eye have an increased risk to develop NAION also on the contralateral eye. However, clinical studies investigating ocular perfusion abnormalities in patients with NAION are sparse and even contradicting. Thus, the current study seeks to measure ocular blood flow parameters in patients with a history of NAION and compare it to healthy age-matched subjects.

The purpose of this registry is to collect performance and safety data on the Penumbra System including the 3D Revascularization Device in a real world patient population with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) secondary to intracranial large vessel occlusion (LVO).

Background: Despite preoperative screening, technical improvements and increased patient monitoring, perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) remains the first cause of morbidity and mortality within 30 days after surgery. Moreover, the available evidence indicates worrying rise of risk in postoperative patients with only elevated troponins reflecting cardiac injury, but without a conventional clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction according to current definition. Worldwide, annually approximately 300 million adults undergo major non cardiac surgery and 10 million of them are estimated to suffer a myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS), defined as a prognostically relevant increase of a troponin T peak of 0.03 ng/ml or greater. Many of the patients with MINS does not fulfill the universal definition of myocardial infarction, rarely experience ischemic symptoms and their prognosis is very poor (1 out of 10 die at 30 days).Troponin levels needed to be monitored in order to MINS diagnose and high sensitive cardiac troponin T assays are currently the most frequently used. Methods: Patients with high cardiovascular risk undergoing major non-cardiac surgery will be selected from the daily surgical program during a two years period Three determinations of hs-cTnT for each patient will be obtained. The proportion of patients with MINS and pre- and post-operative thresholds of hs-cTnT that would be prognostically relevant will be determined. The cost-effectiveness analysis of hs-cTnT monitoring compared with usual care will be undertaken. Finally using computed tomography angiography (CTA) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pathophysiology of MINS will be determined, whether is due to plaque rupture, supply-demand mismatch, non-ischemic cardiac cause or non-cardiac cause. Discussion: The study will evaluate the feasibility and impact of implementing the hs-cTnT monitoring program in the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau of Barcelona, as well as its cost-effectiveness. Moreover, this is the first study which will determine pre and postoperative thresholds of hs-cTnT and with minimally invasive diagnostic tools will evaluate potential mechanisms involved in perioperative ischemic events.

Objective - to assess the effect of Cytoflavin® and its tolerability within the integrated program of rehabilitation of patients who underwent ischemic stroke

Single-centre observational study over one year investigating the mechanisms of muscle homeostasis in patients with acute skeletal muscle atrophy following major aortic surgery

This project optimizes the TCM Symptoms and Symptoms Scale. A curative effect evaluation system of acupuncture in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke is formed to provide clinical evidence by the following indexes: neurological impairment, motor dysfunction, TCM Symptoms and Symptoms Scale, combined with the patients' head MRI, Plasma BDNF, MMP-9 and other biomarkers.

Study Design: This is an investigator-initiated prospective, open label, single arm phase IV study. Patients with documented non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) with acute TIA (defined as acute focal neurological deficits, with complete resolution of symptoms within 24 h of onset) or ischemic stroke, irrespective of infarct volume or clinical severity will be enrolled. Study Aim and Objectives: The overall aim of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of initiating apixaban therapy within 14 days of TIA or ischemic stroke regardless of the size and severity in patients with AF. Investigators will systematically assess prospectively collected CT scan images for evidence of HT and re-infarction.