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Filter by:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have a higher prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis than the general population. In addition, RA patients experience higher rates of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). There is evidence that myocardial mechanics and left ventricular diastolic function are more abnormal in the RA population and these changes occur earlier than in the general population. Recently a study suggested that RA patient have abnormal myocardial inflammation during a disease flare and that this is improved with anti-inflammatory treatment. This study is aimed at describing the prevalence of myocardial inflammation in patients during active RA disease flares and comparing that with RA patients who are in remission. Investigators hope to show that abnormalities in myocardial inflammation on PET imaging correlate with abnormalities in myocardial strain on echocardiography. Coronary CT will be performed to establish the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis and whether its presence affects changes in either myocardial inflammation or myocardial strain. The hypothesis is that patients with evidence of myocardial inflammation during the course of their RA disease are more likely to develop HFpEF during their lifetime. Although the present study will not be of a duration to assess outcome, it will provide descriptive data which may help guide future prospective study of patients with RA which may help guide appropriate cardiovascular testing in this high risk population.
Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk of atherothrombotic events. Clopidogrel is the most widely used platelet P2Y12 receptor inhibitor in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, despite its benefits, many patients still experience recurrent atherothrombotic events. The proposed study will test the central hypothesis that in DM patients the presence of CKD reduces clopidogrel-mediated P2Y12 inhibitory effects through synergistic mechanisms, which include upregulation of the P2Y12 signaling pathway and impaired clopidogrel metabolism.
The purpose of this study is to find the ideal range of the activated clotting time (ACT) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) that is associated with lowering the rate of undesirable medical outcomes
In this study, simvastatin combined with Ezeimebum was used to enhance lipid reduction, and IVUS was used to evaluate the volume and composition of coronary plaque before and after treatment. The aim is to evaluate the overall intervention effect of Ezeimebum on stable angina pectoris with diabetes mellitus on the basis of statins.
This study is designed to investigate whether IVUS-guided DK crush stenting technique compared to angiography-guided DK crush after the indexed procedure will lead to lower rates of the composite endpoint of target vessel failure (TVF) at 12 months. The individual components of TVF include cardiac death, target-vessel myocardial infarction (MI), or target vessel revascularization (TVR). Complex bifurcation lesions were defined according to DEFINITION study.
Coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG) is the golden standard for severe coronary artery disease(CAD), the current surgery strategy is mainly based on coronary angiography(CAG), but many trials of PCI have shown that visually stenosis in CAG may not have functional significance. The aim of this study is to investigate if the Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) can be adopted in CABG and achieve a better graft patency.
This study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, blind, parallel and superiority test study. It is planned to select 206 cases of subjects with small coronary artery vessel disease who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria. They are randomly divide them into Biolimus release coronary balloon catheter treatment group and plain old balloon angioplasty catheter (Powerline) treatment group according to the ratio of 1:1. All subjects accept clinical follow-up after operation, at 30 days, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months after operation. Follow-up with angiography is conducted at 9 months. The late lumen loss in diseased segment at 9 months after operation is the primary endpoint.
The assessment of Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) lesions by means of coronary angiography renders serious limitations. Studies with a limited number of patients have shown that a value of FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) above 0.80 identify a low risk of events in case of not performing revascularization in patients with intermediate stenosis in the LMCA. Although iFR (Instant wave Free Ratio) has recently been found equivalent to FFR The demonstration of the prognostic utility of iFR in patients with LMCA intermediate lesions could have an important clinical impact and justify its systematic use for the treatment decision in these high-risk patients.
Myocardial protection is of crucial importance for surgical coronary revascularization in patients with ischaemic heart diseases. The investigators proposed loop isolation-based uploading preconditioning to protect heart from ischemic-reperfusion damage (LiuPhD) as a novel cardioprotective strategy, and applied to patients who underwent on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
A prospective, open label, multi-center, single arm, observational study designed to evaluate the acute safety and device procedural success of the Scoreflex NC Scoring Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) catheters in subjects with stenotic coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention. Two-hundred (200) subjects will be treated at up to 15 U.S. sites with the Scoreflex NC Scoring PTCA catheter during their index procedure. All subjects will be screened according to the protocol inclusion and exclusion criteria and will be followed through hospital discharge.