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Filter by:TruePhysio pressure microcatheter is a novel device for evaluating the functional significance of coronary stenosis, and its safety and efficacy on the measurement of hyperemic index have been validated in the previous SUPREME study (NCT03541577). This study will further evaluate the safety and efficacy of the physiological indices measured by the TruePhysio pressure microcatheter, including resting and hyperemic indices, with respect to the physiological indices measured by the Pressure Wire.
The goal of this study is to examine the influence of mechanical ventilation on the occurrence of myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing endo-CABG.
The root cause of heart attacks and strokes is atherosclerosis, the hardening and thickening of blood vessels due to the presence of "plaque" which is a build-up of fat and cholesterol in the walls of vessels. To diagnose heart disease, patients receive a stress test to find out if they require surgery. Up to 52% of patients receiving an angiogram (surgery) to look at plaque blockages in the heart are found to be normal (no blockage). Patients who are suspected of having heart disease often undergo a stress test, which helps cardiologists decide if the patient has heart disease, but stress tests can give false results. In Ontario alone, 90% are stress tests are found to be normal and patients are sent home with little follow-up. Of these 3-5% (~4,000 patients/year) will have a major cardiovascular event (heart attack, surgery, or death) within 3 years. We need to improve the stress test accuracy to reduce cardiac outcome. We now know that it is not just the total amount of plaque that leads to heart attacks and strokes, but the composition of the plaque that can lead to breakage causing a heart attack. Plaques are soft and fragile, and typically contain fat and small leaky blood vessels within their cores. If we are able to identify patients that have leaky plaques using ultrasound, we may be able to improve the accuracy of stress testing. We propose a study looking at the combination of stress testing (assessing heart function) and neck ultrasound (assessing plaque composition), to identify patients at risk for cardiovascular events (heart attacks and death). We will enrol patients from 6 sites across Canada and follow-them for cardiac outcome for 3 years.
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of culprit-first versus culprit-last percutaneous coronary intervention on the door to balloon time and clinical outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Radial approach is widely established in cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic treatments. It has been shown to decrease bleeding, vascular problems, and mortality rates when compared to the femoral approach. It also offers better comfort to patients through early mobility and lowers hospital expenses. Previously, there were no specific devices for radial artery hemostasis. Many different types of dressings were used in various hospitals with no standardization. This raises the question of whether specific devices surpass dressings in terms of patient comfort, time required to maintain hemostasis, and vascular complications. The primary goal of this study was to examine the effectiveness of compression dressings and hemostatic wristbands on patients undergoing cardiac procedures via radial approach in terms of patient comfort, time required to maintain hemostasis, and vascular problems. The hemostatic wristband TR BandR (Terumo Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) was utilized in one group, while compressive elastic dressing, standardized as 13 threads gauze overlapped, opened, longitudinally pleated once and wrapped, making a 5-cm long cylinder, 1-cm in height, was used in the other.
This multicenter study involved 5 hospitals (Changhai Hospital; Yueyang Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Gongli Hospital; Putuo Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; No. 904 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force Wuxi). The study enrolled 5000 patients for suspected CAD who referred to coronary angiography from January 2017 through December 2018.
Single arm, open label, historically controlled, multicenter study evaluating the primary safety and performance of the LiquID Guide Catheter Extension
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a gut microbiota-dependent metabolite of dietary choline, L-carnitine, and phosphatidylcholine-rich foods. On the basis of experimental studies and patients with prevalent disease, elevated plasma TMAO may increase risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, to our knowledge, no data is available on its impact on coronary microcirculation.
True coronary bifurcation lesions are still great of interest due to their complex anatomy, uncertainty of optimal stenting strategy and increased adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Provisional stenting is recommended in patients with non-complex coronary lesions while 2-stent strategies should be considered in complex coronary bifurcation lesions. However, optimal 2-stent strategy is still controversial. Double kissing (DK) crush stenting is the prominent technique in true bifurcation lesion, especially in patients with left main coronary artery disease. DK mini-culotte stenting, increasing use in clinical practice, has become popular over DK crush stenting. It was demonstrated in a bench test that stent malapposition was lower in the DK mini-culotte stenting compared to the DK crush technique. Thus, DK mini-culotte stenting may be preferred over DK crush stenting in complex true coronary bifurcation lesion. On the other hand, it was demonstrated in previous studies, less than minimal protrusion (generally called as nano protrusion) had better clinical outcomes. Kawasaki et al was first demonstrated the minimal (nano) protrusion of culotte stenting technique. Then, Toth et al revealed a novel modified culotte stenting technique named single string culotte. There was no major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients underwent single string stenting technique with a median follow-up period of 6±4 months. Unsurprisingly there was no MACE occurred in patients who underwent Szabo 2-stent technique. In the light of foregoing data, the least possible amount of protrusion is known to have the best results. In addition to this, double kissing balloon dilatation with culotte stenting technique seems to have better results than other stenting techniques. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the angiographic and clinical results of a novel DK Nano-Culotte stenting in coronary bifurcation lesion.
Coronary artery narrowings interfere with blood flow to the heart which can cause chest pain and heart attacks. Cardiologists can treat these narrowings with balloons and stents. However, some narrowings can become very calcified and hard making treatment with balloons and stents difficult. Rotational atherectomy is a tool to treat calcific coronary disease. It uses an ablative drill to break down the hardened plaques inside the coronary arteries facilitating subsequent treatment with balloons and stents. However, during this procedure patients can experience a slow heart rate which may compromise procedural safety. Cardiologists may use a temporary pacemaker that is inserted by separately accessing the heart through a large vein usually from the leg. This maintains a safe heart rate throughout the procedure. However, inserting the temporary pacemaker is associated with additional complications. We have developed and propose an alternative strategy to provide a temporary safety pacemaker during rotational atherectomy without the need for inserting an additional pacemaker.