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Filter by:TAXUS ATLAS Small Vessel is a global, multi-center, single-arm, trial of patients with coronary arteries less than 2.5 mm in diameter who are treated with the TAXUS Liberté stent versus an historical TAXUS Express control derived from a subset of lesion-matched TAXUS V patients treated with a 2.25 mm stent. The objective of the study is to evaluate clinical and angiographic outcomes of TAXUS Liberté-SR 2.25 mm stent in de novo lesions. The hypothesis is that the TAXUS Liberté-SR stent has non-inferior safety and efficacy to the TAXUS Express-SR stent in the treatment of de novo lesions in small coronary vessels.
TAXUS ATLAS is a global, multi-center, single-arm, non-inferiority trial comparing results from patients treated with the TAXUS Liberté stent to an historical TAXUS Express control. The control group is a case-matched, blended population of TAXUS Express patients from the TAXUS IV and TAXUS V de novo clinical trials. The objective of the study is to evaluate clinical outcomes of TAXUS Liberté-SR stent in de novo lesions and to assess the non-inferiority of TAXUS Liberté versus TAXUS Express. The TAXUS Liberté-SR stent is hypothesized to have comparable safety and efficacy to the TAXUS Express stent.
TAXUS ATLAS is a global, multi-center, single-arm, non-inferiority trial comparing results from patients treated with the TAXUS Liberté 38 mm stent to an historical TAXUS Express control. The control group is a case-matched, blended, long lesion subset population of TAXUS Express patients from the TAXUS IV and TAXUS V de novo clinical trials. The objective of the study is to evaluate clinical outcomes of TAXUS Liberté-SR 38 mm stent in de novo lesions and to assess the non-inferiority of TAXUS Liberté versus TAXUS Express. The TAXUS Liberté-SR stent is hypothesized to have comparable safety and efficacy to the TAXUS Express stent.
TAXUS ATLAS Direct Stent is a global, multi-center, single-arm, noninferiority trial comparing results from patients in whom the TAXUS Liberté stent was directly implanted (direct stenting) versus results from patients in whom implantation with the TAXUS Liberté stent was preceded by balloon angioplasty (pre-dilatation). The Control group consists of patients in the main TAXUS ATLAS trial, in which pre-dilatation was mandatory. The primary objective is to compare outcomes of direct stenting with balloon catheter pre-dilatation. The primary hypothesis is that late outcomes with direct stenting of the TAXUS™ Liberté Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System will be non-inferior to conventional implantation with balloon catheter pre-dilatation
Background: Influenza vaccination is recommended in patients (pts) with cardiovascular disease, however there is a shortage of clinical studies proving its protective effect on clinical course of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccination on the incidence of coronary events in pts with CAD confirmed by coronary angiography.
The possibility of using the new drug eluting stents (DES) technology has significantly changed the mid-term outcome of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in terms of reduced recurrence of angina. The way interventionalists accomplish their work is changing accordingly, with a strong trend to a wider use of DES and a consequent perceived patients' clinical benefit. Evidences supporting the superiority of DES in reducing ischemic recurrence after PCI compared to traditional stents (BMS) are available from randomized studies. A recent meta-analyses underlines that: DES are superior to BMS in reducing clinical recurrence of ischemia, DES and BMS offer identical results in terms of death and infarction, Rapamycin and paclitaxel DES offer similar results. The aim of our study is to perform a multicenter, randomized study to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of the oral prednisone therapy after PCI as a possible systemic alternative to currently available BMS and DES. Furthermore, the study aims at analyzing the clinical outcome of the commercially available DES in the context of an independent research and a cost-benefit comparison with BMS and oral steroids.
This study will combine coronary stenting with minimally invasive robotic coronary bypass surgery, accomplished with the use of the da Vinci robot, to restore blood flow to occluded coronary arteries. Two previously approved and commonly performed procedures used to treat coronary artery disease(coronary stenting and robotic bypass surgery) are being combined into a hybrid surgery in a specialty built operating room. Patients with low risk coronary lesions will undergo cardiac hybrid revascularization using stenting and LIMA to LAD robotic bypass concomitantly. Patients' postoperative bleeding rates, angiographs and complication free rates will be recorded.
Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) is an inherited disorder characterized by elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides; it often occurs in Mexican individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD). The purpose of this study is to identify the specific genes that predispose Mexican individuals to FCHL.
The purpose of this study is to compare different types of rehabilitation after coronary bypass surgery. The investigators wish to compare rehabilitation in an institution for four weeks with a home based rehabilitation. They also wish to compare rehabilitation in an institution for four weeks with a rehabilitation program were the patients live at home but visit the hospital twice a week for twelve week. The investigators will measure the patients' physical capacity by measuring their maximal oxygen consumption. The investigators will also analyze their blood and their endothelian function (how well their arteries dilate).
The proposed study is a prospective one, and will be held on consecutive individuals undergoing the non-invasive brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) ultrasound for endothelial function at the endothelial function laboratory of the Sheba Medical Center. The study group will be divided into healthy subjects group and coronary artery disease (CAD) patients group, both of which will be analyzed in respect to age, cardiovascular risk factors and the results of the platelet and endothelial functions tests. The association between platelet and endothelial functions will be then assessed in the healthy subjects group and in the CAD patients group.