Active clinical trials for "Myocardial Ischemia"

Feasibilty study of biochemical urine analysis of adherence to high intensity statin therapy in outpatients with coronary artery disease

To conduct a quality assurance project to establish the differences in health care processes and cost effectiveness of having the thin-strut Orsiro stent versus the thicker strut Promus stent on the shelf (i.e. as the most accessible stent).

The aim of this study is to investigate the possible efficacy of Carvedilol as gastroprotective agent against aspirin-induced upper gastro-intestinal complications in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD).

The ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of the myocardium initiates a variety and complex sets of inflammatory reactions that may both exaggerate local injury as well as provoke injury of distant organ function . I/R injuries are the main causes of heart failure, morbidity, and mortality after cardiac surgery such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG surgery) . The reactive oxygen species are believed to be excessively elevated during coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) due to compromised free radical scavenging mechanism in the myocardium that can make myocardium highly susceptible to oxidative stress and inflammation and result in reperfusion injury . Melatonin and its metabolites protect against inflammation by regulating several inflammatory cytokines. Additionally, melatonin is a free radical scavenger and an antioxidant agent. the current study is designed to investigate the protective effects of melatonin against myocardial I/R injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.

The importance of lifestyle changes to control risk factors in the prevention, treatment and management of coronary heart disease (CHD), a major health problem, has been emphasised. In addition, physical, social, psychological and occupational limitations arising from the disease negatively affect the quality of life and self-efficacy perceptions of individuals, making it difficult to comply with treatment and disease management. There are general self-efficacy and self-management scales for which Turkish validity and reliability studies have been conducted previously. However, these scales are not specific to coronary heart disease patients and evaluate either only self-efficacy or only self-management. The aim of this study was to adapt the Heart Health Self-efficacy and Self-Management Scale (HH-SESM) into Turkish and to investigate its validity and reliability in patients with coronary heart disease. The study is conducted in Cardiology outpatient clinics of Karaman Training and Research Hospital. Before the study, the purpose and content of the study will be explained to the participants and an informed consent form will be obtained from the participants. Since the sample size in validity and reliability studies should be at least 10 times the total number of scale items, at least 120 individuals will be included in the study as the number of items x number of options (12 x 10 = 120). Detailed medical history and sociodemographic information (age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, disease duration (months), occupation, daily working hours, educational status, sports/exercise habits) will be recorded. In order to measure self-management and self-efficacy levels, patients will be administered the HH-SESM, Self-care management in chronic diseases scale- Self-care subgroup questions and General self-efficacy scales.

This trial is a prospective, two center single group registration pilot trial aiming to evaluate the product safety, and provide information for the later confirmatory test design according to the results.

This is a prospective cross-sectional, single-center retinal imaging study expecting to enroll approximately 400 male and female subjects ≥ 18 years of age. Subjects having undergone clinically-indicated coronary angiography or coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) within one month of consent at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) will be screened for inclusion in the study.

The aim of the Naples PCI registry is to collect prospective data on baseline clinical, laboratory, and angiographic characteristics of patients undergoing PCI for acute or chronic coronary artery disease. All patients receive clinical follow-up at hospital discharge and at 1-year follow-up with the objective to assess clinical outcomes, including death, cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, stent thrombosis, target-lesion and target-vessel revascularization, contrast-induced acute kidney injury, and bleeding events.

Lung cancer surgery causes significant changes in the small circulation as well as changes in the intrathoracic anatomy. The effects of lung cancer surgery on electrocardiography and the cardiac stress associated with the procedures have not been previously extensively studied. The aim of the present study is to ascertain whether modern mini-invasive lung cancer surgery causes changes in the electrocardiogram, and whether these changes are transitory during short-term follow-up. Furthermore, the study aims to describe whether lung cancer surgery causes significant cardiac stress detectable by intraoperative electrocardiography.

This study requires the consecutive enrollment of 60 patients following the first event of acute myocardial infarction, evaluating B-Cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and methylglyoxal (MGO) levels in the acute setting (pre-reperfusion) and 3 months after reperfusion.