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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential acute and chronic effect of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel on arterial stiffness and other vascular risk markers of interest, the study will consist of two periods: a 24-hour ACUTE period where 60 subjects with an indication for coronary angiography (CA) with or without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will be included, and a 30-day CHRONIC period where approximately 60 subjects that will undergo PCI will be included and studied (refer to Section 3 'Study Plan and Procedures'). The primary objective of this study is to compare ticagrelor versus clopidogrel regarding their effect on arterial stiffness as assessed by PWV, at 3 hours after the loading dose of each regimen, in eligible subjects with CAD.
The CRONOS-ADM (Coronary CT angiography evaluation for clinical outcomes in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus) registry is a large, prospective observational registry of demographic, clinical and laboratory data with long-term clinical outcome of asymptomatic diabetic patients without history of CAD or angina or angina-equivalent symptoms at two affiliated hospitals of The Catholic University of Korea.
Although prasugrel, recently available thienopyridine derivative, exhibits rapid and potent platelet inhibition, concerns of low on-treatment platelet reactivity have been suggested especially in East Asian ethnicities. The investigators compared the effect of lower loading dose of prasugrel with conventional loading dose of clopidogrel and prasugrel.
To acquire low radiation dose and good quality cardiac CT images requires scanning at low heart rates which is usually done with beta-blockers. However, in some patients beta-blockers have little effect. This is thought to be due to a different mechanism of action which continues to maintain the heart rate despite administration of beta-blockers. This study aims to look at the effect of music or relaxation tracks to reduce patient heart rate as anxiety is thought to play a role in maintaining high heart rates. This study will randomise patients into a normal standard of care group compared to a normal standard of care group with music/ relaxation track and compare heart rate, radiation dose, image quality, amount of beta-blocker used and patient experience via a State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire.
Numerous studies have shown that pharmacodynamics (PD) response profiles vary among clopidogrel treated patients and that individuals with reduced response have an increased risk of recurrent ischemic events. There are multiple factors contributing to clopidogrel response variability, including genetic variations of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 enzyme. In particular, loss-of-function (LOF) alleles of the CYP2C19 enzyme reduce transformation of clopidogrel pro-drug into its active metabolite. Thus, patients carrying LOF alleles have lower levels of clopidogrel's active metabolite as well as diminished platelet inhibition, which translates into an increased rate of adverse cardiovascular events, particularly in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Prasugrel and ticagrelor are novel generation P2Y12 receptor inhibitors characterized by greater PD potency and reduced ischemic event rates compared with clopidogrel, and are not affected by CYP2C19 LOF polymorphisms. However, to date there are limited head-to-head PD comparisons between these two new P2Y12 receptors blockers, and there are no studies assessing on how these agents behave among CYP2C19 LOF carriers. The aim of the present study is to compare the PD effects of prasugrel versus ticagrelor in patients undergoing PCI with CYP2C19 LOF alleles using the novel point-of-care genetic testing Spartan RX-CYP2C19 which permits accurate and rapid identification of CYP2C19 genetic status.
open label, single centre, randomised, Phase IV, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and safety study to evaluate single and multiple doses of 45, 60, and 90 mg of ticagrelor in Chinese patients with stable coronary heart disease
The purpose of this study is to evaluate effectiveness and safety of Promus PREMIER in Routine Clinical Practice
The aim of this study is a comparative evaluation of re-endothelailisation of the Integrity Resolute zotarolimus eluting stent (Medtronic) and of the Promus Element erolimus eluting stent (Boston Scientific), in patients with diabetes. We plan to compare endothelial coverage and neointimal proliferation using OCT and compare this data to published results from conventional stents.
Obstructive sleep apnea(OSA) is an important identifiable cause of hypertension. Previous study has suggested that OSA significantly increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease.The standardized treatment of moderate/severe OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Most of short-term trials indicated that CPAP treatment reduced BP in patients with OSA. But relevant studies have a relative short duration with only but few more than one year. In our opinion, they are not sufficient to detect the real effect of CPAP on reduction in BP. Besides, the impact of OSA on metabolic disorder is still unclear.We hypothesized that long-term CPAP treatment could reduce blood pressure and improve metabolic disorder in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)and OSA.
The purpose of this study evaluate the effect of the method of administration of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells for the duration of of functioning aorto-coronary bypass grafts in the surgical treatment of coronary heart disease, to assess the degree of effectiveness depending on the method of transplantation (intramyocardial, intracoronary, combined).