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Filter by:In this study, the investigators sought to evaluate the feasibility of estimating external hemodynamic stress acting plaque with the use of invasively measured hemodynamic data from pressure wire pullback tracing. In addition, the investigators will also evaluate detailed plaque geometry and vulnerability using optical coherence tomography along with the hemodynamic stress.
The purpose of this study is to characterize the plaque morphology in patients with acute STEMI by OCT after aspiration thrombectomy.
The trial is a single centre, retrospective cohort, non-interventional study to be conducted in the department of cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. To evaluate the link between mean perioperative clinical heart rate and short-term composite outcomes during PCI among local CHD patients.
A prospective, randomized, multicenter study in patients with an indication for coronary artery revascularisation who have been accepted for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left main coronary artery. Patients will undergo standard PCI of the left main coronary artery and will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to the Synergy stent or to the XIENCE stent. Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) will be stopped at t=4 months in the Synergy arm whereas in the control arm DAPT will be continued for 12 months. A subgroup of 100 patients will have control angiography with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) at t=3 months after treatment.
BFPET will be evaluated as a diagnostic PET agent for assessing myocardial perfusion in subjects with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) as compared to standard nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). The safety of BFPET will be evaluated in known or suspected CAD subjects.
Rationale: Compared with balloon angioplasty, implantation of bare metal stents (BMS) and drug eluting stents (DES) have shown to reduce repeat target lesion revascularization in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). However, this did not result in a reduction of mortality or recurrent myocardial infarction. Furthermore, there are concerns of the occurrence of stent thrombosis. The PAPPA-pilot study, evaluating safety and feasibility of using a drug-coated balloon (DCB) only strategy in PPCI, showed good short- and long-term clinical results, with sustained safety and efficacy at 12 months follow-up. To date little is known about the long-term effects of this treatment modality in STEMI. Besides, angiographic follow-up is of great clinical importance by giving insight on the treated infarct lesion and to assess the functional angioplasty result. Objective: This randomized controlled, non-inferiority trial is mainly designed to prospectively assess the safety and efficacy of a CE-marked paclitaxel-eluting balloon only strategy vs. third generation DES in the setting of a ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
The purpose of this study is to compare clopidogrel with ticagrelor which one has stronger anti-inflammation effect to protect against type 2 diabetes-induced vascular damage.
This study aims to test the hypothesis that jailed-balloon technique(JBT) is superior to jailed-wire technique(JWT) in non-left main coronary bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) by lowering the risk of side branch(SB) loss and PCI related myocardial infarction, as well as 1-year major adverse cardiovascular events(MACEs).
Biomarkers play a key role in the diagnostic workup of patients presenting to an emergency department (ED). European and American guidelines recommend cardiac Troponin (T or I) as the biomarker gold standard for the diagnosis of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (non-STEMI). Today, high-sensitivitiy assays are available and allow an early diagnosis of non-STEMI and the detection of troponin in individuals that would have been classified as unstable angina with former assays. As many patients are detected with elevated troponin values with the high sensitivity assays, specificity for non-STEMI has inevitably decreased. Micro-RNAs (mi-RNA) are new biomarkers with a wide spectrum of detectable conditions that allow specific identification of myocardial infarction. The aim of this study is to develop a biomarker protocol that combines the high sensitivity of cardiac Troponin T and the high specificity of mi-RNA profiles for early and safe identification of non-STEMI in ED patients.
The primary objective of this study is to assess whether inflammatory receptors play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.