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Filter by:Вackground. Progressive atherosclerosis is accompanied by unfavorable clinical outcomes, study and understanding of this process, creation of risk assessment method is necessary for individualization of approaches to treatment and prevention of this condition. Purpose of the study. Creation of a mathematical model to assess the risk of accelerated atherosclerosis development, using methods of factor and correlation analysis. Patient Characteristics and Study Methods. A retrospective cohort study included 202 patients with coronary heart disease. Group 1 included patients who had had myocardial infarction or unstable angina, emergency arterial stenting, stroke, peripheral artery thrombosis, critical ischemia, and lower extremity amputation within 2 years before study inclusion. Patients in the comparison group did not have these events. The influence of each of the studied parameters on the probability of fast progressing atherosclerosis was determined by factor and correlation analysis. The prospective part of the study will include follow-up of patients from both groups for 12 months. Annual "endpoints": fatal outcome, unscheduled coronary revascularization, nonfatal myocardial infarction and stroke, hospitalization due to unstable angina pectoris, stent thrombosis, stenting/plasty of lower limb arteries.
The goal of the ACCURACY study is to assess the differences, if any, in FFR measurements made by the OptoWire Deux FFR guidewire by comparison of simultaneous data of two different OptoWire DeuxTM guidewires (group 1). In addition, the investigators will compare (group 2) the FFR measurements obtained from an OptoWire Deux FFR guidewire and compare it to the FFR measurement by a VERRATA-TM guidewire to assess coronary stenosis in the routine clinical practice.
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Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) contrast opacification gradients and FFR-CT estimation can aid in the severity estimation of significant atherosclerotic lesions. Currently, FFR-CT algorithms can only be optimized using theoretical models and can only be validated in large multi-center clinical trials. Using patient specific 3D printed coronary phantoms would allow optimization of FFR-CT algorithms with a measured validation technique without the need for large clinical trials. Thus the investigators believe that this study will result in a FFR-CT algorithm/method with a better predictability for arterial lesion severity than those existing on the market today. Flow measurements will be compared with: CT-FFR for both patients and phantoms, angio lab FFR measurements and 30 days follow-up. This pilot clinical study includes ~50 patients over a year and half at GVI.
Pioglitazone, a medication of thiazolidinedione group, is capable of triggering the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR-γ). Activation of receptor PPAR-γ regulates carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, immune and inflammatory responses in heart tissues. Our aim will to study the effect of pioglitazone on insulin resistance, the clinical course of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease (CHD). The study will include 43 patients with coronary artery disease. Patients will be divided into the study group - 20 patients, in whom pioglitazone will be included in the combined therapy at a dose of 15 mg 1 time per day in the morning, and the control group - 23 patients receiving standard complex drug therapy over 6 months. Patients will be underwent clinical examination, ultrasound of neck vessels, study of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. The end primary points of the study will be the onset of death due to myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization procedures (coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)), or hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or unstable angina (UA). Predefined secondary end points included carotic atherosclerotic leisure (carotic intima-media thickness, diameter of stenosis, presents of atherosclerotic plaque), systemic inflammation level (the level of C reactive protein), lipid metabolism (levels of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high and low density lipoproteins), level of insulin resistance ( oral glucose tolerance test, blood glucose).
The objective of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of the Orsiro Sirolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the treatment of subjects with up to three native de novo or restenotic (standard PTCA only) coronary artery lesions compared to the Xience coronary stent system.
The purpose of the study is to assess the diagnostic performance of fully automated motion corrected (MC) first pass myocardial perfusion MRI, compared to the original non-corrected first pass myocardial perfusion images in a cohort of patients with suspected ischemic heart disease, using coronary angiography as the reference standard. It is expected that this improved comprehensive protocol for cardiac MRI be accurate at detecting significant coronary artery disease and may obviate the need for other more expensive and invasive diagnostic tests currently used.
The overall goal of this study is to use MRI to: - Examine the relationship between known risk factors for cardiovascular disease and coronary artery wall thickness; - Examine the relationship between coronary artery wall thickness and other markers of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis, such as carotid wall thickness and coronary calcium scores; and, - Examine the feasibility of measuring the progression of coronary artery wall thickness over time in a subset of participants.
The purpose of the study is to assess the importance of a substance called endothelin. Endothelin is produced by coronary arteries. This study examines this substance to determine whether it has an effect on controlling blood flow in coronary arteries. When these arteries release too much endothelin, the blood flow to the heart muscle is reduced and this may be important in heart conditions. This protocol examines an investigational drug called BQ-123 to see if it blocks the effect of endothelin. We assess the blood flow in the coronaries and evaluate the effects of BQ-123. It is anticipated that this endothelin blocker will open up coronary arteries and increase the blood flow to the heart.