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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine whether mipomersen safely and effectively lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and coronary artery disease (CAD) who are already on a stable dose of other lipid-lowering agents (including maximally tolerated statin therapy).
In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), depressive symptoms are frequent and highly relevant for quality of life, health behaviour, health care costs, and prognosis. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effects of a psychotherapy intervention on symptoms of depression in patients with CAD. Therefore, depressed patients diagnosed with CAD will be randomised into a controlled intervention trial, comparing a stepwise psychotherapy intervention with usual cardiological care. The manualized psychotherapy intervention starts with three individual sessions offered on a weekly basis. Afterwards, symptoms of depression will be re-evaluated and, in case of persisting symptoms, patients receive an additional 25 sessions of psychodynamic group psychotherapy over a total period of one year. The psychodynamic approach was chosen in order to specifically take into account personality traits such as negative affectivity and social inhibition, the components of the Type D personality, which may explain why recent cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (CBT) trials produced only small effects in depressed CAD patients. The investigators expect that the intervention will reduce depressive symptoms as well as the prevalence of depressive disorders. It will also improve both behaviourally and physiologically mediated cardiovascular risk indicators, promote better quality of life, and reduce healthcare costs. Subgroup analyses will be performed in order to identify gender-specific treatment effects, effects on immunological stress reactivity, and genetic predictors of treatment success.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether coronary artery CT scanning or nuclear stress testing is better at diagnosing chest pain patients with coronary artery disease to select appropriate candidates for coronary catheterization and re-vascularization.
A prospective Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) study on the completeness of strut coverage and vessel wall response, at different time points (3-6-9 Months), following TAXUS Liberte stent implantation (staged procedures) in patients with multi vessel native coronary artery lesions
The specific objectives of this thesis are in a cohort of patients with an acute ischemic stroke, 1. To establish the degree of coronary arteriosclerosis. 2. To describe left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in relation to changes of NT-proBNP.
The purpose of this study is to see if taking a cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium)will increase the number of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC's) circulating in the blood of heart failure patients taking this cholesterol-lowering drug, and if this will also show an improvement in the damaged areas of the patient's hearts as documented by MRI scans.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the different performance of arterial and venous graft with intra-aortic balloon pump support following coronary artery bypass.
BACKGROUND: Bifurcated lesions are a challenging subset in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The selection of the type of DES and the technique for stent implantation have not been clarified. The side-branch (SB) is emerging as critical point, accounting for more than a third of the significant restenosis in the DES era. A series of data supports the adoption of a conservative strategy: stenting the main vessel (MV) only and reserving a conservative approach on the SB. Yet, the clinical relevance in terms of inducible ischemia of sub-optimal angiographic result has not been clarified. AIMS OF THE STUDY: The aims of the present study are: 1. to compare in a prospective randomized study the acute 3D angiographic results and the late clinical outcome of Sirolimus-eluting (SES) vs Everolimus-eluting stent (EES) obtained using a provisional TAP-stenting technique. 2. to prospectively assess the clinical relevance (inducible ischemia) of suboptimal angiographic result in the SB after stenting. METHODS TO BE APPLIED: 150 consecutive patients with bifurcated lesions undergoing PCI with the provisional TAP-stenting technique will be randomized to SES or EES implantation. Procedural and post-PCI details will be prospectively recorded. The subgroup of patients in which complete revascularization has been achieved will enter a systematic assessment of inducible ischemia by early and late exercise tests. Off line 3D QCA assessment will be performed and used to divide the study population in 2 groups according to the SB residual stenosis: - Group O (optimal SB angiographic result): post-PCI SB area stenosis<50% - Group S (sub-optimal SB angiographic result): post-PCI SB area stenosis>50%. PRIMARY STUDY END-POINTS. 1. COMPARISON BETWEEN SES AND EES: SB acute angiographic result; SB trouble; target bifurcation failure. 2. SB-RELATED ISCHAEMIA of Group O vs Group S in patients with complete revascularization: inducible ischemia at the early exercise test or occurrence of early spontaneous ischemia related to the SB.
The principal research question is: Can platelet P2Y12 receptor blockade by the antithrombotic drug clopidogrel be significantly enhanced by coadministration of the antibiotic rifampicin? Clopidogrel is an antithrombotic drug in clinical use that reduces the risk of heart attack and coronary stent thrombosis. However some patients respond poorly to clopidogrel, at least partly because they fail to convert it effectively to its active form, and consequently are at higher risk of arterial thrombosis. Preliminary evidence indicates that the antibiotic rifampicin enhances the effectiveness of clopidogrel by increasing its conversion to its active form by the liver. We wish to study further the extent of rifampicin's effect on clopidogrel to see whether this might be useful in clinical practice.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether transendocardial injections of autologous endothelial progenitor cells CD 133 is safe and feasible in patients with refractory angina.