SPECT Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification for Diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease Determined by...
Coronary Artery DiseaseRecent evidences have demonstrated improved diagnostic accuracy for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD) when myocardial blood flow (MBF) is quantified in absolute terms using single photon emission tomography (SPECT) compared to conventional myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). However, there are no uniformly accepted cutoff values of MBF and MFR derived from SPECT for diagnosing hemodynamically significant CAD. Particularly, the diagnostic performance for quantitative SPECT has not been validated using fractional flow reserve (FFR). The aim of this prospective study is to determine optimal cutoff values of absolute MBF and MFR derived from NaI (Tl)-based SPECT and to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of this quantitative technology utilizing invasive coronary angiography (ICA) in combination with FFR results as the reference standard in patients with suspected or known CAD.
Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of GENOSS Stent in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the GENOSS stent in patients with coronary artery disease who underwent treatment using the GENOSS stent manufactured with domestic technology.
Atrial Appendage Micrograft Transplants to Assist Heart Repair After Cardiac Surgery
Ischemic Heart DiseaseIschemic Cardiomyopathy6 moreIschemic heart disease (IHD) leads the global mortality statistics. Atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries hallmark IHD, drive hypoxia, and may rupture to result in myocardial infarction (MI) and death of contractile cardiac muscle, which is eventually replaced by a scar. Depending on the extent of the damage, dysbalanced cardiac workload often leads to emergence of heart failure (HF). The atrial appendages, enriched with active endocrine and paracrine cardiac cells, has been characterized to contain cells promising in stimulating cardiac regenerative healing. In this AAMS2 randomized controlled and double-blinded trial, we use the patient's own tissue from the right atrial appendage (RAA) for therapy. A piece from the RAA can be safely harvested upon the set-up of the heart and lung machine at the beginning of coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery. In the AAMS2 trial, a piece of the RAA tissue is processed and utilized as epicardially transplanted atrial appendage micrografts (AAMs) for CABG-support therapy. In our preclinical evaluation, epicardial AAMs transplantation after MI attenuated scarring and improved cardiac function. Proteomics suggested an AAMs-induced glycolytic metabolism, a process associated with an increased regenerative capacity of myocardium. In an open-label clinical trial, we have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of AAMs therapy. Moreover, as this study suggested increased thickness of the viable myocardium in the scarred area, it also provided the first indication of therapeutic benefit. Based on randomization with estimated enrolment of a total of 50 patients with 1:1 group allocation ratio, the piece of RAA tissue is either perioperatively processed to AAMs or cryostored. The AAMs, embedded in a fibrin matrix gel, are placed on an extracellular matrix sheet (ECM), which is then epicardially sutured in place. The location is determined by preoperative late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (LGE-CMRI) to pinpoint the ischemic scar. Study blood samples, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), and LGE-CMRI are performed before and at 6-month follow-up after the surgery. The trial's primary endpoints focus on changes in cardiac fibrosis as evaluated by LGE-CMRI and circulating levels of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). Secondary endpoints center on other efficacy parameters, as well as both safety and feasibility of the therapy.
Problem-Solving Therapy for Patients With Chronic Disease and Poor Mental Well-being in General...
Mental Health ImpairmentDiabetes Type 21 moreIn Denmark the vast majority of patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and/or type 2 diabetes are managed in general practice. 20% of the patients suffer from poor mental health. Problem-solving therapy (PST) is a psychotherapeutic method that is proven effective in adults with poor mental health. PST can be provided in general practice. The main objective of this study is to test effectiveness of providing PST to this group patients.
Safety and Efficacy of the Ultimaster Stent
Coronary Artery DiseaseDrug-eluting StentsDurable polymer was considered to be the cause of a chronic inflammatory response that leadas to impaired endothelialization of the stent strut and subsequently increases the risk of stent thrombosis. Ultimaster stent (Ultimaster, Terumo Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) are thin strut, silorimus-eluting, biodegradable copolymer to completely degrade over 3-4 months.
Physiological Assessment of Severe Coronary Stenosis for Informing Planned PCI
Coronary Artery DiseaseTraditionally, the severity of a blockage (stenosis) in a coronary artery has been determined by visual angiographic assessment of the diameter of the artery at the level of a blockage compared to a normal healthy area of the same artery. With the advent of invasive physiological testing to assess coronary blood flow, multiple clinical trials have demonstrated a clinical benefit to a physiology-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) approach. However, despite this and the potential for significant variation in the interpretation of coronary artery stenosis severity by visual angiography alone to guide PCI, invasive physiologic indices remain significantly under-utilized. The purpose of this study is to investigate the physiologic significance of coronary lesions deemed angiographically severe by visual estimation that are planned for PCI. The investigators plan to perform blinded physiologic assessment pre and post PCI. The primary aim of the study is to determine whether a subset of lesions visually estimated as severe by angiography treated with stent placement/PCI may in fact not be physiologically significant when assessed invasively, and thus PCI could safely be deferred in these patients. A secondary aim is to evaluate physiologic assessment post PCI to detect residual ischemia that could be utilized to optimize stent placement.
Safety and Clinical Performance of the DREAMS 3G Resorbable Magnesium Scaffold System
Coronary Artery DiseaseAtherosclerosis5 moreThe objective of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of the DREAMS 3G in the treatment of subjects with up to two de novo lesions in native coronary arteries compared to a contemporary drug eluting stent (DES).
Angiography-derived FFR GPS in Predicting Post-PCI Physiological and Clinical Outcomes
Coronary Artery DiseaseTo investigate the feasibility of physiological map generated from angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) (angio-FFR) pullback and its value in predicting physiological and clinical outcomes after stenting.
Large De-NOVo Coronary artEry Disease Treated With Sirolimus Drug Eluting Balloon (LOVE DEB)
Coronary Artery DiseaseThe objective of this post-market Registry is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of SELUTION SLR, a Sirolimus Drug Eluting Balloon (DEB), in treating de novo native coronary artery disease in larger vessels (≥ 2.75 mm). This is a post-market registry that collects the data of patients who have been treated with a SELUTION DEB. The primary objective is to evaluate the proportion of subjects who underwent Target Lesion Revascularization (TLR) within 1 year of the baseline PCI.
Non-inferiority Clinical Trial to Compare the Safety and Performance of MeRes100 Sirolimus-eluting...
Coronary Artery DiseaseThis is a prospective, open-label, multicentre, randomized, non-inferiority clinical trial to compare the safety and performance of MeRes100 Sirolimus-eluting BioResorbable Vascular Scaffold System versus Contemporary drug-eluting stent platforms in patients with de novo coronary artery lesions at 60 investigational sites globally (including India). The primary objective of this study is to evaluate safety and performance of MeRes100 BRS in comparison with XIENCE family EES/Resolute ZES/Synergy EES/BioMime/Metafor/Proficient family SES in patients with de novo coronary artery lesions with reference vessel diameter of ≥2.75 mm to ≤4.0 mm and lesion length ≤34 mm. Subject's Clinical/Telephonic Follow-up will be taken at [Time Frame: 30 days (± 7 days) clinical follow-up, 6 month (± 28 days) clinical follow-up, 1 year (± 28 days) clinical follow-up, 2 years (± 28 days) telephonic follow-up, 3 years (± 28 days) clinical follow-up, 4 years (± 28 days) telephonic follow-up and 5 years (± 28 days) clinical follow-up]