Pathophysiology and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Detected After Ischemic Stroke
StrokeIschemic2 moreThis prospective non-interventional cohort study investigates the pathophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation Detected After Stroke or transient ischemic attack (AFDAS) by comparing the autonomic function and inflammation between patients with AFDAS, patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosed before the ischemic event or known AF (KAF), and patients with normal sinus rhythm (NSR) after 14 day of cardiac monitoring following the event onset.
The ABSORB Bioresorbable Scaffold Below the Knee (BTK) Study
IschemiaPeripheral Arterial Disease (PTA1 moreABSORB BTK Study: A prospective, multicenter, controlled clinical evaluation of the use of a bioresorbable drug eluting stent in the arterial vasculature below the knee
DLBS1033 for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute Ischemic StrokeThis is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, and controlled clinical study to investigate the effects of DLBS1033 in conjunction with standard therapy compared to standard therapy alone in acute ischemic stroke patients.
Establishing the Microcirculatory Effects of Ticagrelor on Tissue Perfusion in Critical Limb Ischemia...
Peripheral Arterial DiseaseThis is a single center, prospective, randomized, unblinded, open-label, active controlled pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ticagrelor plus aspirin versus clopidogrel plus aspirin in patients with Rutherford Stage IV to VI PAD that have undergone a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the lower extremities in the past 2 weeks.
Efficacy & Safety of RPh201 Treatment in Patients With Previous Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic...
Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic NeuropathyThis study is designed as a double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous (SC) administration of RPh201 in participants with previous NAION. All participants enrolled in Cohort A of the study will have a documented history of NAION for at least 12 months and at most, five years prior to enrollment. Participants enrolled in Cohort B of the study will have a documented history of NAION for at least 6 months and at most, three years prior to enrollment.
Dose Finding Study of MCI-186 in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute Ischemic StrokeTo investigate the efficacy and safety of MCI-186 (bolus followed by continuous infusion) in acute ischemic stroke patients through a double-blind, parallel-group comparison with the existing MCI-186 dosing regimen (administration twice daily for 14 days) as the control.
BEST vCLI Registry
Critical Limb IschemiaFor subjects with critical limb ischemia, identify patient, physician/hospital, and geographic factors associated with variations in treatment strategies; compare treatments and outcomes, including quality of life, cost and cost effectiveness, at 6, 12 months.
Dose Optimization for Rubidium PET Imaging in Patients With Known or Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease...
Ischemic Heart DiseaseSelection of the appropriate administered activity for each patient's body habitus is very important to obtain diagnostic image quality. Current SPECT imaging guidelines suggest "…an effort to tailor the administered activity to the patient's habitus and imaging equipment should be made… [however] strong evidence supporting one particular weight-based dosing scheme does not exist." An increase in body weight leads to higher fractions of attenuated and scattered photons, resulting in lower quality PET images for a given injected activity. Weight-based tracer dosing is commonly recommended as a solution in whole-body PET imaging with F-18-FDG. In contrast, Rb-82 PET imaging has traditionally been performed using a single dose (e.g. 40 mCi) administered for all patients but this is known to result in lower count-density and image quality in larger patients. This effect can be mitigated to some degree by administration of Rb-82 activity as a proportion of body weight while maintaining accuracy for the detection of disease. The objective of this project is to determine whether Rb-82 activity administered as a squared function of patient weight (quadratic dosing) can standardize PET myocardial perfusion image quality over a wide range of body weights. Sequential patients referred for dipyridamole stress Rb-82 PET perfusion imaging at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Patients will be divided into 4 weight groups to determine if there are significance differences in image quality or accuracy of injected Rb-82 activity between patients. Twelve (12) patients will be recruited in each of the 4 weight groups (3 in each 10 kg interval) to uniformly sample the full range of patient weights from 30 to 190 kg. Based on the previous oncology PET literature image quality is not expected to change as a function of weight, i.e. SNR and CNR will be proportional to weight0 (no weight-dependence) with quadratic dosing of Rb-82. Two operators will perform the PET image analysis as described above.
The eSVS® Mesh Post-Marketing Trial
Coronary Artery DiseaseMyocardial Ischemia6 moreThe purpose of this study is to evaluate patency rates of the eSVS Mesh Saphenous Vein Graph (SVG) and control SVG at six and twenty-four months via coronary angiography and analyses of Duplex Sonography Results and coronary angiography and major cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event (MACCE)-Rate as well as analysis of preoperative great saphenous vein (GSV) duplex sonography and intra-operative GSV harvesting findings and procedure.
TOP-Study (Tacrolimus Organ Perfusion): Treatment of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Marginal Organs...
Terminal Liver DiseaseIschemia Reperfusion Injury3 moreUtilisation of extended criteria donors due to critical organ shortage contributes to increased ischemia reperfusion injury as well as mortality following liver transplantation. Experimental data show protective effects on hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) using the calcineurin inhibitor Tacrolimus applied intravenously or directly as a hepatic rinse. Moreover clinical data indicate a protective role of a Tacrolimus rinse in human liver transplantation when using normal, healthy grafts. The effects of Tacrolimus on hepatic injury in extended donor criteria (EDC) liver grafts remain unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to examine the effects of a Tacrolimus ex vivo rinse (20 ng/ml) on cellular injury after transplantation of marginal liver grafts exhibiting 2 or more EDCs according to Eurotransplant's definition of EDC grafts.