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Filter by:The investigators propose a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an anti-proliferative agent paclitaxel in a cholesterol-rich non-protein nanoparticle (Paclitaxel -LDE) in patients with stable coronary disease. Patients with multi-vessels stable coronary disease will be randomized to receive Paclitaxel-LDE IV or placebo-LDE IV each 21 days for 6 weeks. The primary and main secondary endpoints will be analyzed by coronary and aortic CTA, that will be performed 1-4 weeks after randomization and at 3-8 weeks after the last treatment cycle. Patients will undergo clinical and laboratory safety evaluations before each treatment cycle and 3-8 weeks after the last cycle. An algorithm for drug suspension based on clinical and laboratory finding will be followed.
Patients with ischemic heart disease are often treated with multiple cardiovascular agents, including aspirin, statins, ezetimibe, Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or beta-blockers. Uncertainty about the optimal timing and clinical implications of administration of cardiovascular drugs still persists. The investigators will perform a pilot randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a one daily administration of multiple drugs vs. twice daily administration.
This article uses the smart medical case management tracking system, combined with various terminal devices to fully record the measured data (pulse, blood pressure) for case home care tracking to prevent the occurrence and deterioration of the disease. Therefore, with the promotion of the eHealth medical staff and members of the family can instantly grasp the health of the body and cultivate the habits of self-health management and enhance the quality of care. Therefore, we hope to use the Smart Health Cloud as an interventional measure to improve the care of patients with coronary artery disease, improve self-management ability and quality of life.
The present study aims to compare a planned angiographic control (PAC) follow-up strategy vs. conservative management for patients treated with drug-eluting stents on unprotected left main artery in a prospective, randomized setting. PAC will be performed by coronary computed tomography (CCT), to avoid the limitations of the invasive coronary angiography which is usually employed to perform PAC. The superiority of a PAC-based approach will be tested on a hard clinical end-point such as the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events. The investigators will also assess the performance of CCT as a tool to perform PAC.
A considerable proportion of patients with clinically suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) do not have angiographic signs of luminal narrowing caused by coronary atherosclerosis. In patients with suspected CAD, we will assess the ability of cardiovascular biomarkers to identify patients with (a) angiographically normal epicardial coronary vessels (b) absence of significant epicardial coronary stenosis, as assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). Patients will be stratified according to the presence or absence of dynamic changes of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels above the 99th percentile.
In a randomized trial patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction are prospectively enrolled and assigned to either a web-based intensive prevention program or usual care (1 : 1 randomization). The web-based program includes telemetric transmission of data on cardiocascular risk factors (physical activity, blood pressure, body weight) by patients to the study center, e-learning modules by the study center and repetitive electronic contacts by e-mails and apps between a prevention assistant and the patient. In addition, genetic risk on cardiovascular events will be assessed in all patients of the intervention group by a polygenetic risk score (PRS). Patients of the intervention group are randomly assigned to disclosure of genetic risk vs. no disclosure. The study hypothesis is that disclosure of genetic risk improves cardiovascular risk factor control by increased patient motivation.
To assess the feasibility of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and fractional flow reserve derived from CTA (FFRCT) to replace invasive coronary angiography (ICA) as a surgical guidance method for planning and execution of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in patients with 3-vessel disease with or without left main disease. The FASTTRACK CABG study is an investigator-initiated single-arm, multicentre, prospective, proof-of-concept, and first-in-man study with feasibility and safety analysis. Surgical revascularization strategy and treatment planning will be solely based on coronary CTA and FFRCT without knowledge of the anatomy defined otherwise by ICA that will be viewed and analyzed only by the conventional heart team. Clinical follow-up visit including coronary CTA will be performed 30 days after CABG in order to assess graft patency and adequacy of the revascularization with respect to the surgical planning based on non-invasive imaging with functional assessment and compared to ICA. Primary feasibility endpoint is CABG planning and execution solely based on coronary CTA in 114 patients. Primary safety endpoint based on 30-day coronary CTA is graft assessment either at the ostium, in the shaft or at the anastomoses of each individual graft either single or sequential. The FASTTRACK CABG study is the first study to assess safety and feasibility of planning and execution of surgical revascularization in patients with complex coronary artery disease, solely based on coronary CTA combined with FFRCT.
In a large number of patients who had a heart attack, multiple narrowings of the coronary arteries are identified. It is common practice to treat the narrowing that is the cause of the heart attack with a stent. It is not yet clearly known if the other narrowings in the other coronary arteries have to be treated immediately with a stent as well. "Bad" cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) can speed up the formation of these coronary artery narrowings, and can thus make the risk of a second heart attack bigger. The investigators want to investigate if treating patients with the new cholesterol-lowering drug Evolocumab on top of the normal cholesterol lowering therapy (statins) ameliorates blood flow through coronary artery narrowings. Better blood flow through these narrowings could prevent the need for stenting or surgery in the future.
Cangrelor is a fast and directly acting platelet aggregation inhibitor. It is potentially indicated for several types of patients who are undergoing PCI. A nationwide cangrelor registry has up until now not been performed and with the introduction of cangrelor in the Netherlands its efficacy and safety will be determined.
This is a prospective, multicenter, open-label, single-arm registry. The primary objective of this registry is to confirm the results of the Supraflex Cruz stent in real life all-comer patients (800 patients as in the Supraflex arm of the TALENT trial) and demonstrate that the Supraflex Cruz stent is not inferior to the BioFreedom stent in High Bleeding Risk (HBR) patients (400 patients) with respect to device oriented composite endpoint (DOCE) at 12 months. All patients will be followed up to 12 months after the index procedure.