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Filter by:This was a randomized, single-blind, controlled, community-based trial comparing the clinical efficacy of the Transcendental Meditation program on carotid intima-media thickness and major adverse cardiovascular events in 197 African American men and women at risk for atherosclerotic CVD. After baseline testing, participants were randomly assigned to either a stress reduction program (Transcendental Meditation) or a standard health education program. Follow up was conducted over one year and 12 years.
The overall objective is to evaluate the efficacy of educational text messages to reduce cardiovascular risk among persons living with HIV (PLWH).
The purpose of this research study is to collect information on participants body weight, blood sugar levels, heart related diseases and lifestyle. The collected information will help estimate the prevalence of participants disease. This study will take about 6 months. However, participants involvement in the study will not extend beyond their routine visit and will thus require a maximum of 1 day. If participants choose to take part, they will be asked to give information about their health in routine clinical visit. Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their lifestyle. Participants will complete this questionnaire during their normally scheduled visit with their doctor. Participants will continue their normal way of life and will not get any medication other than those prescribed to them by their doctor. Participants will have no direct benefit from participation in this study and there are no risks involved. Participants decide voluntarily whether they want to participate in this study or not. Participants' decision will not affect their medical care and they do not have to justify their decision. Participants are free to leave the study at any time and without giving reasons. This does not affect their current or future treatment. The data collected up to that point are still being evaluated. There is no additional cost to participants for being in this study.
The goal of this to determine the effect of tailored exergaming for inactive patients with heart failure to reduce their sedentary time, improve their daily physical activity, exercise capacity, decrease frailty and improve health-related quality of life. Participants will, on a background of standard guideline-directed medical therapy patients, be randomised to tailored activity advice (control) or the Heart-Exergame (Heart-eXg) intervention for a period of 3 months. Patients randomised to the Heart-eXg group will receive an exergame with feedback and tailoring to adapt the exergaming advice. Patients will also be able to play with a person in their own network.
The purpose of research is to study to adverse cardiovascular disorder and risks factors in childhood cranial and craniospinal tumors survivors. In this research the investigators investigate cardiological instrumental diagnostic, such as electrocardiography, echocardiography with the determination of global longitudinal strain, cardiopulmonary exercise test, and diagnostic of endothelial function by Angioscan for the prediction of cardiovascular complications after cranial and craniospinal radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
The goal of this cross over study is to investigate the effect of short term time restricted eating (TRE) on the innate immune system in patients with a history of myocardial infarction.
Lipid accumulation, with mostly emphasized role of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), is the pathogenetic cornerstone of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Standard hypolipidemic therapy, based on statins and ezetimibe, does not always decrease LDL-C levels enough to achieve therapeutic goals. A novel and promising direction is inhibition of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) in hepatocytes, subsequently reducing LDL-C receptor degradation and increasing intracellular LDL-C uptake. Aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of optimal hypolipidemic pharmacotherapy, including PCSK9 inhibitors and inclisiran, on plasma lipid profile and qualitative features of atherosclerotic plaques in very-high cardiovascular risk patients. This study enrolls patients with an established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, receiving PCSK9 inhibitors or inclisiran as add-on treatment to statins in maximally tolerated dose and/or ezetimibe. Effect of hypolipidemic pharmacotherapy is evaluated by analysis of plasma lipid profile parameter changes and qualitative features of atherosclerotic plaques using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging (NIRS-IVUS) method. Results of the study would be sufficient for complementing evidence regarding therapeutic strategy in very-high cardiovascular risk patients.
Hypertension is one of the leading risk factors for death and significantly increases the risk for cardiovascular (CVD), brain and kidney diseases. It is also one of the leading modifiable risk factors for CVD, which also plays a significant role in the global burden of death and disease. Dietary guidelines for blood pressure management and hypertension emphasize fruits and vegetables, plant-based proteins and foods low in saturated fat. With the growing interest in plant-based alternatives and plant-based diets, there is a need to clarify their benefits on blood pressure. Soy protein is a complete protein and is the only plant-based beverage alternative that is comparable to dairy milk. There are mixed findings on the effects of soy on blood pressure due to differences in study design and subjects. To better address this question and inform public health guidelines the investigators will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the effect of soy protein on reducing blood pressure in individuals with and without hypertension.
The purpose of this clinical study is to compare how well two different devices achieve hemostasis in patients undergoing a transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Both devices are approved by the FDA for this use, and have already been used by clinicians on patients undergoing transfemoral procedures. It is believed that the use of both devices in combination compared to the Perclose alone will shorten the time that it takes to 'seal' the artery, resulting in a shorter period of time that manual pressure will be held, shorter procedure time and less complications after the procedure.
Dairy consumption has shown associations with decreased incidence of cardiometabolic diseases. With the growing interest in plant-based eating, and the mounting evidence for the cardiovascular benefits of plant forward diets, national dietary guidelines have pivoted away from promoting exclusive daily dairy consumption. Soymilk is the most nutritionally comparable non-dairy plant-based alternative to cow's milk. Although the DGA, Health Canada, and various pediatric associations recognize fortified soymilk as the only non-dairy alternative equivalent to cow's milk and it can carry an approved health claim for coronary heart disease risk reduction based on the soy protein that it contains, soymilk is classified by the NOVA classification as an ultra-processed food (the opposite of the classification of cow's milk as an unprocessed or minimally processed food). To be an acceptable iso-sweet alternative to cow's milk, soymilk is also often sweetened with sucrose, which is designated as an added sugar, whereas the lactose that sweetens cow's milk is not (despite lactose in cow's milk being present in quantities that are double that of sucrose in soymilk products designed to be iso-sweet analogues of cow's milk). With near universal recommendations from major public health authorities to reduce the intake of both ultra-processed foods and added sugars and the FDA proposing to update its "healthy" claim criteria to limit added sugars, the role of soymilk as a "healthy" non-dairy alternative to cow's milk is in serious question. The effect of soy protein on other cardiometabolic outcomes is also unclear. To address this question and better inform health claims and guideline development, the investigators will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the effect of soy protein as soy milk, in substitution for cow's milk, on various intermediate cardiometabolic mediators.