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Filter by:Remote ischemic postconditioning (RIPC) is suggested to protect the cerebral cell against ischemia in various settings. However, the effect of RIPC in patients with acute ischemic stroke who undergo thrombolysis has yet to be examined. In this single-center, randomized controlled trial, we examined the effect of RIPC on the resolution of nerve function deficient in response to thrombolysis. Patients in the RIPC group had five cycles of 5-min cuff inflation followed by 3-min deflation to the bilateral upper arm after thrombolysis. The primary endpoint was the recovery of nerve function deficient assessed by National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS), Activities of Daily Living(ADL), Modified Rankin Scale(mRS), CT cerebral perfusion imaging (CTP) and CT angiography(CTA). Secondary endpoints included the following: angiogenesis assessed by the level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF).
Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) is a condition of recurring chest pain or discomfort that occurs when a part of the heart is not receiving sufficient blood flow. It is a major public health concern internationally and in Singapore, the leading cause of death from cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has the ability to assess heart structures, scarring or lack of blood supply to the heart muscle with great accuracy and without any radiation involved. A CMR-compatible cycle ergometer can offer a safe and low cost stress equipment to assess heart function and motion abnormalities, and restrictions of the blood supply to the heart tissues due to partial or complete blockages of the blood vessels. This study aims 1. to develop an exercise-CMR stress protocol by testing its feasibility and robustness in assessing changes in cardiac volumes and function due to physical exertion in healthy individuals and 2. to assess the accuracy of the multiparametric stress-CMR as a diagnostic tool for ischemic-causing coronary artery disease (CAD) with coronary fractional flow reserve (FFR) as a reference. 3. to measure the overall economic impact of ischaemic heart disease by estimating the direct and indirect medical costs for each participant. The current sample costs will be extrapolated to estimate the annual costs of treating and managing ischaemic heart disease in the local population. 4. to evaluate the effects of coronary microvascular dysfunction on coronary flow and regulation, physiological response and cardiac sympathetic signaling in patients with chest pain.
Cerebral oxygen desaturation during cardiac surgery measured using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) derived cerebral oximetry has been associated with significant postoperative morbidity. If significant desaturation occurs during this period, it may represent an ideal opportunity to further optimize the postoperative care of these patients.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of hyaluronan combined with autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells for the treatment of critical PAOD patients.
Prospective evaluation of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) will be done by computed tomography angiography (CTA) and perfusion imaging (CTP) for any correlation between degree of vasospasm and perfusion deficit as well as evaluating the ability of CTP to predict delayed cerebral ischemia.
The study is a prospective, multi-center, stratified randomized, single-blind, parallel assignment, active control, non-inferiority trial. Patients are randomized 1 : 1 to either stent retriever(TonbridgeMT) or Solitaire™ for endovascular therapy for AIS. The study aims to evaluate the benefit and safety of stent retriever(TonbridgeMT) for AIS therapy, as compared to Solitaire™.
Currently, early reperfusion is considered as the most effective therapy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Over the past 20 years, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) has been demonstrated to be the only effective therapy for AIS. More recently, several large randomized clinical trials have concluded the superiority of endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for AIS. Furthermore, with the development of materials and techniques, the occluded artery can be recanalized with high percentage (60%-90%), and the rate of recanalization is still being improved. A great number of AIS patients are now eligible for revascularization therapy and there should be a good prognosis of AIS after recanalizing the occluded artery using mechanical thrombectomy. However, things are never as simple as wished to be. The rate of patients with functional independence is less than 50% and over 15% patients died at 3 months post thrombectomy. The discrepancy between the functional outcome and recanalization rates encourage researchers to explore strategies that further improving the functional outcome of AIS patients. Remote ischemic conditioning has been demonstrated to reduce cerebral infarct size in mouse model of focal cerebral ischemia. And clinical researches demonstrated the protective effects of remote ischemic conditioning in AIS patient treated with IV tPA,. However, whether remote ischemic conditioning is safe and effective in protecting patients with large-vessel ischemic stroke and undergoing endovascular treatment is still unknown.
Current prospective cohort study is to evaluate the association between fasting lipid profiles (including total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein A, apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein(a)) and fasting plasma glucose at admission with cardiovascular disease outcomes (including fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction, fatal and non-fatal ischemic stroke, re-hospitalization due to heart failure, revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting, or cardiovascular mortality) and all-cause mortality.in patients with ischemic heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction < 45 % evaluated by echocardiography during 12 months follow-up.
Ten-fifteen percent of acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation (NSTE-ACS) are caused by intermediate lesions without signs of unstable plaque. In this subset of patients, fractional flow reserve (FFR) has some drawbacks and may not be always able to predict outcome, especially when negative (above 0.80). In this particular nique of patients, advanced imaging techniques are suggested by International guidelines. However, it is actually unknown how these techniques may impact treatment strategies. With the present study, the investigators want to characterize the mechanism of disease in this particular subset of patients through multimodality imaging (intravascular ultrasound-near infrared spectroscopy (IVUS-NIRS), optical coherence tomography (OCT)) in order to understand the proper treatment.
To assess the evolution of biological markers of mesenteric ischemia during ultratrail.