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Filter by:There is a lack of understanding of how Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) - meaning the blocking or furring up of the arteries of the heart - starts and progresses in women. In both men and women, CAD is the most common cause of heart attacks, which occur when the blood supply in the heart is interrupted (these are also known medically as 'acute coronary syndromes'). Before the menopause women appear to be protected from CAD; however, after the menopause that protection is lost. Also, those women who do suffer a heart attack have twice the risk of further heart attacks compared to men despite having the same treatment that works well in men. Biological differences between men and women are probably playing an important role in the way CAD develops. However, due to a lack of research there is currently little understanding of how the female body works in this area. Inflammation is the body's natural response to injury or infection. Importantly it is also involved in the development of CAD. Hormones such as oestrogen and testosterone are also likely to be contributory factors. We think the differences between the way these hormones and inflammation play a part in CAD in both men and women are important, but the role they play is not yet fully understood. In this study we wish to measure the 'markers' of inflammation in the blood of patients attending Barts Heart Centre with chest pain. We will also conduct questionnaires with these patients, to understand their hormone status and how parts of their medical history may be a contributory factor. For patients who have previously attended Barts Heart Centre will will contact them to conduct the questionnaire over the telephone only. We will combine this data with the data that is routinely collected during hospital admission. In this way we hope to understand whether inflammation together with hormone status plays an important role in CAD. Our hope is that through this research we will address an under researched area and find new ways of treating women and men with coronary artery disease.
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the association between brain changes and cognitive deficits in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and whether a low-cost thiamine intervention can be used to reduce post-CABG cognitive issues in CHD subjects.
The incidence rate and mortality of coronary artery disease are increasing year by year. Exploring non-invasive, accurate, and widely applicable methods to screen and diagnosis is of great significance. New ultrasound techniques, such as non-invasive myocardial work, have been proven to be superior to traditional ultrasound techniques in screening and diagnosis. However, diagnostic analysis based on ultrasound video images is time-consuming and subjective. The progress of artificial intelligence technology in fully automated quantitative evaluation of video images provides the possibility for computer-aided design screening and diagnosis. At present, the application of artificial intelligence in computer-aided design is a cutting-edge issue in the field of cardiovascular disease research. The application of artificial intelligence technology in the construction of computer-aided diagnostic models based on ultrasound video images is still in its early stages.
Evidence for the usefulness of the defibrillator in cases of preserved left ventricular ejection fraction and well-tolerated ventricular tachycardia (without cardiocirculatory arrest or syncope) is lacking, as no previous trials have included such patients. Additionally, sudden death in this particular population is low compared to other subgroups of patients with malignant ventricular arrhythmias. On the other hand, numerous recent retrospective data show that ablation of ventricular tachycardia can reduce mortality, and also clearly reduces the number of recurrences in prospective studies. Finally, a very low rate of sudden death was observed in a multicenter European retrospective study that we conducted, including patients with well-tolerated ventricular tachycardia in structural heart disease with minimally impaired ejection fraction and benefiting from ablation without implantation of defibrillator.
This is a multicenter, randomized, single-blind pivotal study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the MagicTouchTM Drug coated balloon in treatment of small vessels in patients with coronary artery disease. The objective is to establish the safety and efficacy of the Magic TouchTM Drug coated balloon in treatment of small vessels (≤2.75 mm). A total of 1605 subjects will be enrolled in a maximum of 50 study sites located in North America. Additional sites located in Europe and South America may also participate in the study, with non-US sites contributing a maximum of ~50% of enrollees.
This is a prospective clinical study aiming to investigate the efficacy of Magnetocardiography (MCG) in detecting myocardial ischemia in patients of a suspected non-ST-elevation-acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) by using Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as the gold standard for determining the presence and severity of myocardial ischemia.
This is a prospective pilot study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and technical feasibility of utilizing carbon dioxide for assessing coronary blood flow in subjects with coronary artery disease.
Stress cardiac MRI is crucial for diagnosing coronary artery disease in adults. Currently, it is mainly performed with vasodilators in specialized centers. Introducing mobile CMR units could increase accessibility, especially in rural areas, potentially reducing unnecessary invasive procedures. The objectives include demonstrating the feasibility of mobile stress perfusion CMR, detecting CAD using Regadenoson, and evaluating the image quality of GE-267 in real-world scenarios.
In the framework of PhD research, we will present a visualization of estimation of CVDs risk and the possibility of monitoring blood glucose levels in real-time. Based on the results, we will assess the association of these with lifestyle change. The findings highlight the need for sufficiently reliable and high-quality evaluations of visualizations, technologies or applications used in the family medicine.
To compare the clinical outcomes of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided strategy versus intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent implantation after angiography-derived FFR-based decision-making.