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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture method of "Xing Nao Kai Qiao" for paralysis as an apoplectic sequela in a multicenter randomized and controlled clinical trial and to compare the efficacy between acupuncture and rehabilitation therapy. In addition, evaluating the trial in the view of medical economics.
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of four different strategies for preventing the ventricular postinfarction remodelling: 1) Conventional treatment for reperfunded extensive acute myocardial infarction, 2) Autologous bone marrow stem-cells intracoronary transplantation 3) mobilization of bone marrow stem-cells induced by granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF); and 4) combined treatment (stem-cells transplantation plus mobilization with G-CSF).
The purpose of this study is to observe delayed neuronal death of hippocampus after middle cerebral artery infarction in human beings.
Objective: Untreated OSA is associated with three fold risk of fetal and non-fetal cardiovascular events than control subjects in the long-term follow up. However, the prevalence rate and impact of OSA in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was not clear so far. The conflicts of studies come from variable period of AMI, heart function at enrollment, techniques used to diagnose OSA, time to revascularization, and target endpoint. Therefore, this project aimed to study the patients of first-time, Killip I-II, and post primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) AMI in both and chronic phase to achieve four goals: Aim 1. To determine the prevalence rate of OSA in patients with first-time AMI The acute phase of AMI was defined as within 14 days of the onset of AMI and the chronic phase was defined as > 14 days of onset. Eligible patients were screened with polysomnography within 5th to 7th days and 6th months of AMI to determine the prevalence rate of OSA in the AMI. Patients who had AHI more than 15/hr were considered as suffering from OSA. Aim 2. To identify the clinical characteristics and risk factors in AMI patients associated with OSA Patients were followed up at clinics for five years. The baseline demographics of patients with or without OSA were compared to determine the factors associated with OSA in AMI patients. Aim 3. To study the impact of OSA on the prognosis of AMI patients after revascularizaton The primary endpoint was mortality rate and cardiac events. The secondary endpoint was left ventricular function and variables related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and metabolic syndrome. The impact of OSA on AMI was determined by comparing primary and secondary endpoint between AMI patients with and without OSA. Aim 4. To identify the clinical and molecular factors attributing to AMI in OSA patients Factors attributing to AMI in OSA patients were determined by comparing the clinical data and mRNA expression of angiogenesis and other related genes in OSA patients with the acute phase of AMI and patients without major CVD.
The investigators prospectively determined the impact on median door-to-balloon time of a protocol mandating (1) emergency department physician activation of the catheterization lab and (2) immediate transfer of the patient to an immediately available catheterization lab by an in-house transfer team consisting of an emergency department nurse, a critical care unit nurse, and a chest pain unit nurse.
Part I (Pilot Phase): The purpose of this study is to examine if formalized data assessment and systematic feedback improves treatment times (i.e. contact-to-balloon time and door-to-balloon time) in patients with myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI). Part II (Implementation Phase): The Purpose is to prospectively investigate if survival can be improved by stringent use of this concept of formalized data analysis and systematic feedback of procedural and clinical data to all participating physicians and other members of the STEMI patients treating personnel. Part III (Advance Phase): The purpose is to develop, introduce and evaluate prospectively an automated, highly standardized feedback tool informing participating centers on key performance characteristics (procedural and clinical outcomes).
The purpose of this research is to determine if two proteins in the blood are increased during acute myocardial infarction and whether their levels are higher in those who develop heart failure than those who do not. These two proteins are produced and potentially released when the heart muscle is damaged. They may then be released into the blood and be detected by standard method in the research laboratory. At this time, detection of an increase in these proteins in the blood is not known to be associated with any disease or myocardial infarction.
The purpose of this observational study is to assess predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to Belgian hospitals.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ejection fraction (EF) increase at 6 months follow up and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) after intracoronary autologous stem cell transplantation in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients versus a control group.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise rehabilitation can reduce mortality, reinfarction or heart failure of patients after acute myocardial infarction.