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Filter by:Patients with severe aortic stenosis accepted for transcatheter intervention or open surgery are included before the intervention, and then followed up with clinical visits during the first year after intervention. Imaging with echocardiography and computed tomography (CT) are performed together with additional imaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Positron emissions tomography (PET)-CT in a subgroup of the study population. Blood samples, physical performance and questionnaires with focus on frailty and heart failure are also collected at each visit. A follow up with information of the outcomes after 2-5 years will be performed through national registries.
The goal of this observational study is to learn about how to utilize multiple evaluation techniques in carotid artery stenosis patients for optimizing assessment of diagnosis and treatment strategy. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Identify best strategy that use multi-modal MRI and CT to assess patients' cerebral lesions and perfusion. - Identify best strategy that use multi-modal MRI, PET-MRI ultrasound and CT to assess components and characters of patients' carotid plaques. Participants will accept imaging examination before and after surgery. And doctors will collect basic characteristics, imaging results and biological samples of patients for analysis.
In recent years increasing number of mitral bioprosthesis implantation, especially in elderly population, is observed. Bioprosthetic valves are associated with a lower risk of thrombotic and bleeding adverse events compared with mechanical prostheses, but their use is limited due to their durability. After years numerous patients may develop bioprosthesis failure, requiring valve reintervention. Significantly burdened ones are oftentimes disqualified or not referred to surgery redo. An emerging treatment method for these patients is transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation as an alternative to re-operation. This technique is applied with the use of devices previously dedicated to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Recent papers prove that transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is a safe and effective procedure when performed in a selected group of high-surgical-risk patients. However, data regarding the Polish population are limited. Therefore, the aim of the study is to create a nationwide registry, collecting data from all Polish centers performing TMVR in order to describe the population of patients developing mitral bioprosthesis failure, evaluate their follow-up after TMVR as well as results of the transcatheter valvular intervention and identify potential limitations of the procedure.
This is a multicenter, open, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of carotid artery stenting/carotid endarterectomy versus best medical treatment for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in Chinese population.
The retinal vessels have been shown to reflect vascular changes inherent to systemic pathologies, even when no ocular disease is identified. As such, the eye's vasculature is ableto serve as a window to the vascular health of the human body and a means of assessing systemic endothelial function. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) employs optical means to image all the retinal vascular layers and the choroid, providing an extremely detailed image of the microvascular network in a fast, reproducible and totally non-invasive way. As such, it is currently the best non-invasive way of having an image of human capillaries. Recently, OCTA has been used to study the retinal vessels' structure and function in several cardiovascular diseases. As an example of its predictive potential, reduced retinal microvascular density has been associated with the cardiovascular risk profile in patients admitted to the hospital for an acute coronary syndrome. Recent studies have also shown the retinal microvasculature density to be reduced in patients with carotid artery disease (CAD), namely carotid stenosis, and that endarterectomy increases retinal flow and vessel density.
Rheumatic mitral stenosis remains a health problem in developing countries. Progressive fibrosis of the valves and myocardium is the main pathophysiology that plays an important role. Dapagliflozin has various beneficial effects on the heart by reducing fibrosis, reducing inflammation, and improving patient quality of life. However, the role of this therapy is unknown in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis.
A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of DKutting Balloon Versus Chocolate Balloon in the Treatment of Femoral and Popliteal Artery Stenosis
The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the transcatheter aortic valve system in the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis disease who are at high or prohibitive surgical risk.
This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled clinical investigation aiming to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of non-slip balloon catheter for the treatment of patients with coronary artery stenosis.
The clinical benefits of endovascular treatment in renal artery stenosis remain controversial. This study uses arterial spin labelling MRI and flat-panel detector parenchymal blood volume imaging to observe the change in renal perfusion after endovascular treatment in renal artery stenosis.