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Filter by:Early identification of intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) may impact the management of patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy (MT). The aim of the study is to develop and validate a scoring system for pre-thrombectomy diagnosis of ICAD in posterior circulation large vessel/distal medium vessel occlusion strokes (LVOs/DMVOs).
The present observational study aims to determine the degree of adherence to the recommendations of clinical guidelines regarding the prevention of cardiovascular complications in patients hospitalized due to a cardiovascular event.
Although randomized trials have demonstrated there is no benefit of renal-artery stenting in addition to medical therapy for patients with atherosclerosis renal artery stenosis, many patients indeed gained benefit in daily practices after stenting, such as reduction in blood pressure and recovery in renal functions. One important gap is that there is no universal standard to determine whether to stent in these patients. Fraction Flow Reserve (FFR) has been studied for many year in chronic coronary heart disease and FFR-guided revascularization strategy is known to be better than both angiography-guided revascularization and medication alone. Based on the primary finding of FAIR-pilot study (NCT05732077), FFR-guided renal artery stenting is practical. The overall purpose of the FAIR trial is to compare the clinical outcomes and safety of FFR-guided stenting plus optimal medical treatment (OMT) versus OMT alone in patients with renal-vascular hypertensive patients. With the 'all comers' design, participants met the inclusive/exclusive criteria will be enrolled, and hyperemic FFR induced by dopamine will be measured in all participants. If FFR is ≥0.80, patients will be treated with OMT alone and follow up. If FFR is <0.80, participants will be randomized to stenting in the renal artery plus OMT or OMT alone on a 1:1 ratio. The blood pressure and anti-hypertensive medications will be compared before and 3 months after the procedure based on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, all participants will be followed up for 1 year.
IRIS-sICAS is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trialis a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, to assess the safety and efficacy of tocilizumab injection in lowering the incidence of newly diagnosis ischemic stroke and improving prognosis in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis patients.
This randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of stress reduction with meditation to a health education (HE) group in 201 older African American women over a one-year study period. They were randomly allocated to either of two behavioral treatment groups-1) the Transcendental Meditation (TM( program or 2) a health education (HE) program. Women participants were recruited, tested, and instructed at two clinical sites: Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA. Outcome measures were carotid intima medial thickness, lipid profile, glucose and insulin resistance, and behavioral factors.
This project aims to improve direct patient care by reducing the risks of futile exposure to ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast in patients referred for coronary computed tomography angiography
This study is a phase IV, open-label, randomized study designed to evaluate the efficacy of Inclisiran vs. bempedoic acid (BPA) in 400 adult subjects (≥ 18 years) at very high and high risk for cardiovascular events as defined by the cardiovascular risk categories in the 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidemias (Mach et al 2020) and elevated levels of LDL-C (≥ 70 mg/dL) despite being on a maximally tolerated high-intensity (HI) statin dose (+/- Ezetimibe). Currently, BPA is recommended ahead of injectables by German HTA body (GBA). A head-to-head trial is proposed to provide robust scientific data on the superiority of Inclisiran vs. BPA and to support the early use of Inclisiran.
Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) have high testosterone levels which is associated with altered insulin-glucose metabolism and an adverse blood lipid profile, predisposing them to the development of Type II Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). This study will investigate the use of dietary fish oil supplementation as a safe and effective intervention, and as an adjunct therapy to standard of care treatment with metformin to improve heart health, blood lipids and insulin-glucose metabolism in women with PCOS, and those with PCOS and Type 2 Diabetes.
The clinical trial aims to confirm the improvement effect of the ankle brachial index and the safety of sarpogrelate administration compared to clopidogrel in stroke patients with decreased ankle brachial arterial pressure index and intermittent claudication of lower limb vascular atherosclerosis. Subjects are assigned to one of the two combinations through random allocation. Intervention group: Aspirin 100mg + sarpogrelate 300mg dosing group, Control group: Aspirin 100mg + clopidogrel 75mg dosing group. This clinical trial is a prospective open study and will be conducted in compliance with the usual diagnosis and treatment process, and in particular, all trial subjects will be tested and treated appropriately in accordance with the standard treatment guidelines for ischemic stroke during the clinical trial period.
The SupPORT Registry aims at collecting real-world from Portuguese centers performing femoral-popliteal revascularization with Supera (r) implants. This is a prospective non-randomized non-controlled consecutive registry.