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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine if testing patients for endothelial dysfunction will help identify which patients are more likely at risk to have another heart attack in the future. Study participants will undergo mental stress testing while at the same time being connected to a device that measures endothelial function via the Endopat device. These same participants will also undergo a sleep study via the Watchpat device.
Acute chest pain is commonly known to be the classic symptom of acute myocardial infarction. Of the many patients which visit the Emergency Department because of chest pain, less than half do actually suffer from an acute myocardial infarction or acute myocardial ischemia. In some patients the acute myocardial infarction can be diagnosed at admission, either because of typical changes in their ECG (STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction)or because of increased levels of the laboratory value Troponin in their blood (NSTEMI, Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction). Troponin is currently the most important marker to diagnose acute myocardial infarction. Unfortunately a lot of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome do not show any ECG or Troponin changes. These patients pose a major problem in emergency medicine as they need to precautionally be admitted to a chest pain unit and to be started on medical treatment until a second Troponin test after 6-9 hours is available. In this study, we investigate the biomarker Copeptin. Copeptin has shown excellent results in diagnostic clinical trials assessing its use in various acute diseases. There are three important trials showing an excellent negative predictive value of Copeptin in combination with Troponin in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (Reichlin et al., JACC, 2009; Keller et al. JACC, 2010, Giannitsis et al. Clin Chem 2011). This trial compares two processes of managing patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the standard process according to current guidelines and the experimental process integrating copeptin as a rule-out marker for acute myocardial infarction into management decisions. Main Hypothesis: Patients with suspected ACS who test negative for Troponin and negative for Copeptin at their initial presentation to the ED can safely be discharged (interventional process). They will not experience more major cardiac adverse events than patients who were managed by standard practise (control process)within 30 days after admission. The Investigators want to test Copeptin in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in whom the ECG is unspecific and the initial Troponin test is negative. Further patient care will be based on the Copeptin result. Patients with a negative Copeptin will be discharged into the ambulant care of resident cardiologists.Copeptin positive patients will be managed according to standard guidelines for the management of patients with ACS.
MAIN AIM: To compare the pharmacological potency of administering adjusted 600 mg clopidogrel loading doses and 60 mg prasugrel in patients with high on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity (HPR) after PCI. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: To define the optimal maintenance dose with both prasugrel (5 mg vs. 10 mg) and clopidogrel (75 mg vs. 150 mg) in patients with HPR for chronic therapy. DESIGN: Prospective, Randomized, Open-label, Single-center trial. PRIMARY ENDPOINT: Platelet reactivity measured with Multiplate between clopidogrel and prasugrel arm at day 4.
The purpose of the study is to analyse patient's acceptance and willingness to participate in a Structured Care Program (SCP) over 12 months following hospital discharge after Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) index event.
Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and Clopidogrel for at least one year is essential in patients following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug eluting stent(s. Interindividual variability in platelet response to clopidogrel has been reported, with several mechanisms being implicated for high post-clopidogrel treatment PR. High on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) is associated with an increased risk of adverse events after PCI. Studies in patients on chronic clopidogrel treatment are scarce, mainly in diabetic patients where HTPR is frequently present and independently predictive of adverse events. Optimization of platelet inhibition in patients with HTPR by increasing clopidogrel or alternatively, by more potent P2Y12 inhibitors is a controversial issue, mostly studied in post PCI patients, while no data exist, to the best of the investigators knowledge, in stable patients on chronic clopidogrel treatment. Therefore all HTPR patients, that will accept to participate, will be enrolled will randomize (Day 0) in a 1:1 ratio to either clopidogrel 150 mg a day, or prasugrel 10 mg a day, until Day 14 post randomization. A 14 ± 2 day visit will be performed for PR measurement and safety evaluation, with the blood sample being will be obtained 16-18 hours after the last study-drug dose, will follow by crossover directly to the alternate therapy for an additional 14 days without an intervening washout period. At Day 28 ± 2 patients will return for the clinical and laboratory assessment as did on Day 14 visit.
Attenuated plaque ≥ 5mm by intravascular ultrasound(IVUS) was reported to be high risk for distal embolism in Acute coronary syndrome(ACS). The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of thrombus aspiration catheter and distal protection device (filter wire; Filtrap™) in the aforementioned subgroup of patients at high risk for distal embolism.
Introduction: Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery are at increased risk of cardiovascular complications. The development of methods that can accurately predict the occurrence of these events is of critical importance and large studies have been published with this purpose. Based on these studies, several algorithms have been proposed to predict of cardiovascular events postoperatively. However, quantification of this risk is often difficult to measure, especially in those patients with subclinical disease, not always detected in routine evaluation. The ankle brachial index (ABI) has proved a valuable tool in the quantification of cardiovascular risk, and perhaps the most promising when compared with other methods. It is easy, cheap, fast and feasible in office care, with a great acceptance between patients and small intra and inter observer variability. Despite strong evidence of the utility of ABI as a tool in assessing cardiovascular risk, there are no data about the use of ABI in other patients referred for non vascular surgery, which constitutes the majority of operations performed worldwide. Objectives: To evaluate the use of ABI as a predictor of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing non-cardiac and non-vascular surgery and its applicability as a tool in the reclassification of patient risk groups established by guidelines for perioperative evaluation. Methods: 300 moderate to high risk patients referred for non-vascular and non-cardiac will be included. Data about risk factors, signs and symptoms, physical examination and treatment used will be collected before surgery. The ABI will be measured and the patient will be monitored for 30 days to the detection of cardiovascular events: death from any cardiovascular causes, unstable angina, nonfatal myocardial infarction, isolated elevation of troponin, decompensated heart failure, cardiogenic shock, stop nonfatal heart failure, pulmonary edema, stroke and lower limb ischemia. Postoperative electrocardiogram, total creatine kinase, MB fraction and troponin I will be measured daily until 3º day and whenever clinically indicated.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a loading dose of atorvastatin before percutaneous intervention procedures in acute coronary syndromes is effective to reduce major cardiovascular events(MACE).
The iWONDER trial has the following objective: To analyze the morphological, phenotypic and tissue characteristics of atherosclerotic plaques angiographically considered "culprit" and "not-culprit" in patients undergoing coronary angiography due to STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction).
The objective of this study is to compare pharmacokinetics after single oral administration of 2 capsules of YH14659, a fixed-dose combination of clopidogrel and aspirin developed by Yuhan Corporation versus co-administration of Plavix (clopidogrel) and Astrix (aspirin) in healthy male volunteers.