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Filter by:This is a registry of patients with non ST segment elevation Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) and/or unstable acute coronary artery syndrome treated with a standardized protocol including Bivalirudin. Data will be collected on diagnosis, treatment and outcomes.
The study will compare the safety and efficacy of prasugrel, administered at different doses with clopidogrel in the treatment of Asian participants with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acarbose therapy can reduce cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality in patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) who have established coronary heart disease (CHD) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS). A secondary objective of the study is to determine if acarbose therapy can prevent or delay transition to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in this patient population.
Our first hypothesis is that dose adjustment of aspirin and clopidogrel based on biological monitoring reduces the rate of severe cardiovascular complications compared to a conventional strategy in patients scheduled for drug eluting stent implantation and followed up for one year. Our second hypothesis is that interruption of clopidogrel / Prasugrel after one year of a combined therapy of clopidogrel/Prasugrel and aspirin is associated with a higher rate of severe cardiovascular complications as compared with patients in whom aspirin and clopidogrel / Prasugrel is maintained during the subsequent 6 months of follow-up.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a pure heart rate-lowering agent (Ivabradine) reduces vascular inflammatory stress in patients with acute coronary syndromes
The purpose of this study is to determine whether rivaroxaban in addition to standard care reduces the risk of the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome compared with placebo.
The EVITA study is a clinical trial that will test the effect of varenicline (Champix™), a new drug used to help people quit smoking, in patients who have suffered a heart attack. Varenicline has been recently shown to increase the number of otherwise healthy people who quit smoking compared to placebo (sugar pill). Although varenicline has been shown to reduce smoking in healthy populations, its effectiveness in patients recovering from a heart attack is unknown. The EVITA trial will help answer this question. A total of 300 patients who have recently suffered a heart attack and are active smokers will be recruited in the study. For twelve weeks, half the patients will receive varenicline and the other half will receive placebo pills. Patients will be followed for a period of 12 months. During this time, patients will receive telephone calls and go to clinic visits in order to assess if they are smoking. These follow-ups will also assess any side effects and clinical events such as another heart attack or hospitalization that patients may have had. Smoking cessation will be checked using exhaled carbon monoxide readings and self-reports. The EVITA trial will be the first study to examine the use of varenicline in patients who have recently had a heart attack. These patients, if they continue to smoke, are at high risk of having another cardiac event. If varenicline is shown to be useful in this population, it will have a major impact on prevention of cardiac events in patients who have suffered a heart attack.
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety of two different dose regimens of unfractionated heparin (UFH) during a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure in patients with UA (unstable angina)/NSTEMI (non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) who have been initially treated with fondaparinux.
Patients undergoing coronary angioplasty are frequently treated with new drugs that stop blood platelets working and so improve the success of the procedure. Individual patients may vary in the dose of the drug required. New platelet tests have been developed which can be performed near the patient and possibly immediately tell the doctor the degree of platelet inhibition achieved so that the dose can be adjusted accordingly. This study aims to investigate if these platelet tests indicate if new anticoagulants are more effective at inhibiting platelet function than the traditional anticoagulants. The study will demonstrate if these newer drugs improve blood flow through the heart muscle and thereby provide better long term outcomes for patients undergoing percutaneous intervention.
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a brief intracoronary infusion of ADO applied at the time of reperfusion to limit infarct size and LV remodelling in patients with ACSST submitted to primary ACTP. DESIGN: Multicentric, prospective, randomised, parallel, placebo-controlled double-blind study. PATIENTS: 200 patients older than 18 with ACSST and without prior myocardial infarction receiving primary PTCA within 6 hours after symptom onset.