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Filter by:This was a single-center, prospective, open-label, observational study. Patients with coronary artery disease confirmed by coronary angiography and treated with drug-coated balloon catheter alone for target vessels were enrolled in the Cardiology Department of our hospital in January 2022. The primary endpoint was late lumen loss within 12±3 months after surgery.
The ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of the myocardium initiates a variety and complex sets of inflammatory reactions that may both exaggerate local injury as well as provoke injury of distant organ function . I/R injuries are the main causes of heart failure, morbidity, and mortality after cardiac surgery such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG surgery) . The reactive oxygen species are believed to be excessively elevated during coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) due to compromised free radical scavenging mechanism in the myocardium that can make myocardium highly susceptible to oxidative stress and inflammation and result in reperfusion injury . Melatonin and its metabolites protect against inflammation by regulating several inflammatory cytokines. Additionally, melatonin is a free radical scavenger and an antioxidant agent. the current study is designed to investigate the protective effects of melatonin against myocardial I/R injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.
Coronary CT angiography is challenging in patients with more than mildly calcified coronary vessels, because of calcium artefacts that prevents evaluation of the lumen. The purpose of the CCT-PCD-1-study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and image quality in coronary CT angiography using a commercially available CT system equipped with a photon counting detector technology. Patients referred for cardiac CT and conventional coronary angiography as part of routine preoperative evaluation before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) will be asked for inclusion in the study. This group of patients has generally a coronary artery calcium burden and perform cardiac CT and coronary angiography as part of routine care. The diagnostic accuracy concerning significant coronary artery stenosis on the preoperative CT will be evaluated with the conventional coronary angiography as reference. Also, CT examination image quality will be evaluated.
To investigate whether there were differences in metabolomics and lipidomics in patients with coronary artery disease who had major adverse cardiovascular events during follow-up compared with those who did not.
A prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial. Plan to recruit 240 patients whose lesions are de novo coronary artery disease (reference vessel diameter ≥ 3.0 mm), diameter stenosis ≥ 75% with ischemic symptoms or objective evidence of ischemia (ECG, cardionuclide, or FFR), and are suitable for implantation DES or DCB. After successful preconditioning, patients were randomly assigned to two PCI treatment groups(drug-coated balloon or drug-eluted stent) in a 1:1 ratio. The safety and efficacy of drug-coated balloons in PCI treatment of de novo coronary artery lesions (reference diameter 3.0 mm and above) were evaluated by comparing the late lumen loss of two groups of subjects in 12 months.
Current guidelines for the cardioversion of paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation at the Emergency Department do not prioritize between antiarrhythmic agents and do not consider the time taken for successful cardioversion. Furthermore, the use of flecainide -a class 1C antiarrhythmic agent- is contraindicated for the cardioversion of patients with revascularized coronary artery disease, as well as patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and preserved ejection fraction. These recommendations stem from insufficient data, mainly from the CAST study. The present study is a prospective, multicentre, randomized clinical trial. The primary goals of this clinical trial are to prove the superiority of flecainide over amiodarone in the successful cardioversion of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation at the Emergency Department, and to prove that the safety of flecainide is non-inferior to amiodarone, in patients with coronary artery disease without residual ischemia and ejection fraction over 35%. The secondary goals of the study are to prove the superiority of flecainide over amiodarone in the reduction of hospitalizations from the Emergency Department due to atrial fibrillation, in the time taken to achieve cardioversion, and to the reduction of the need to conduct electrical cardioversion. The study population will be all consecutive new-comers to the Emergency Department with primary diagnosis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and history of coronary artery disease without angina, without residual ischemia and with ejection fraction > 35%. The sample size will be 200 patients, who will be monitored for 30 days. At the Emergency Department, all patients will be under continuous ECG monitoring, and a 24-hour ECG device will also be placed (Holter). The patients will be randomized to the treatment group (flecainide) and the control group (amiodarone). Patients in both arms will stay at the ED for a total of 6 hours after therapy initiation. If no adverse events occur in this time, the patient will be discharged from the ED. Otherwise, the patient will be admitted to the hospital. At 24 hours, the patients will visit the study centre for physical examination, ECG, cardiac ultrasound, 24-hour ECG removal and adverse events evaluation. At 30 days, follow-up via phone calls will be conducted for the evaluation of the study outcomes and adverse events.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate respiratory parameters and functional capacity in coronary artery patients.
Surgical coronary bypass surgery (CABG) has been demonstrated to confer significant survival benefit over medical therapies patients with LMCA in earlier clinical trials1,2,3 and therefore was the revascularization modality of choice for a long time. Recently, several randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses have shown percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to be non-inferior to CABG in the treatment of LMCA disease4,5,6,7,8. PCI is now considered to be an appropriate alternative to CABG for LMCA disease in patients with suitable anatomy9,10. Over recent decades, LMCA PCI has been performed in patients with increasing anatomical complexity and higher risk profiles (e.g. elderly, heart failure, renal failure etc). 11,12. In recent years, remarkable advancement in interventional techniques and technologies such as 2nd/3rd generation DES and potent antiplatelet therapy have contributed to the improvement of PCI success rates and reduction in complications and adverse events. Knowledge related to long term temporal variation of clinical and procedural characteristics and outcomes in patients with LMCA disease treated with PCI will therefore be important to inform and define future treatment strategies. This proposal aims to evaluate time-trends and regional differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with LMCA disease treated with PCI in the Asia-Pacific region
The effect of brain-heart interaction remains unclear. The study aims to investigate the biological interconnection between brain neural activity and coronary plaque morphological and inflammatory features, as well as their connection with clinical outcomes.
The hypothesis of the study is, that there is a significant interaction in treatment effect between the OCT pattern of neointima (heterogeneous or homogeneous) and the type of percutaneous coronary intervention (drug-eluting stent or drug-coated balloon) in patients with in-stent restenosis.