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Filter by:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of inclisiran in a regional primary care setting in the UK Inclisiran, also known as KJX839, is a medication made to reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) in the blood. Inclisiran works in a way that makes the liver produce less of a substance called 'PCSK9'. PCSK9 reduces the ability of the liver to remove LDL-cholesterol from the blood. By lowering the production of PCSK9, Inclisiran leads to more LDL-cholesterol being removed by the liver from the blood, thereby reducing LDL-cholesterol overall.
The long and very long stents, although they represent a greater navigability challenge, especially in tortuous and calcified coronary arteries, they have the advantage of providing shorter procedural time, with less contrast use, less exposure to radiation, lower cost, lower risk of occlusion of lateral branches, as well as less interference in the local flow. However, in the context of the use of such long stents, as some vessels have a tapering shape, with a progressively smaller diameter in their more distal segments (as is the typical case of the left anterior descending artery), a significant disproportion (mismatch) of vessel size between the proximal and distal landing zone of the stent can be noted. Such disproportion may lead to the underestimation of the proximal reference or overestimation of the distal reference diameter of the vessel, generating an increase of the stress on the vessel wall, with consequent increase in the risk of restenosis. In view of this situation, long or very long stents were developed in a tapered shape, with progressive reduction of their diameter between their proximal and distal portion, respecting the phenomenon of tapering of the coronary artery during the treatment of very long lesions.Some of these stents also have a hybrid design, with closed cells at the ends and open cells in the middle, allowing a more efficient expansion in their middle portion (thus avoiding the dog-boning phenomenon). However, there is still a lack of studies in the literature evaluating whether these DES in a tapered shape and hybrid cells may effectively heal over time, specially with respect to strut covering and strut malapposition. Thus, this is a prospective, single-arm, open-label study, including patients presenting at least one long or very long lesion (≥ 30 mm), who will undergo angioplasty with a tapered DES. The objective is to analyze the neointimal healing as well as other data on the efficacy and safety of the tapered DES Biomime Morph in patients with long or very long lesions.
Diabetic foot disease with a global incidence of about 6% is one of the most serious complications of diabetes, which brings great pain and economic burden to patients.In China, the incidence rate is 8.1%, and the amputation rate is 7.3%. Every year, more than 1 million diabetic patients have amputations, ranking first among non-traumatic amputations.According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the incidence of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in diabetic patients is twice that of non-diabetic patients, and the resulting lower limb ischemia is the main cause of the high mortality and disability rate of diabetic foot.According to the International Working Group on Diabetic Foot (IWGDF), about 50% patients with diabetic foot disease are complicated with PAD, and the degree of vascular stenosis is closely related to the prognosis.Severe limb ischemia is a higher cause of diabetic foot ulcer in China than in western countries.Atherosclerosis is the main pathological change of diabetic peripheral artery disease, and endothelial injury is the initial link of atherosclerosis.Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a kind of important heat stress protein, which accounts for about 2-3% of the total protein in cells.It is involved in the correct folding and activation of intracellular proteins.Although Hsp90 is primarily involved in intracellular protective mechanisms, they can also be exposed to the plasma membrane and released in the extracellular space, resulting in detectable levels of Hsp90 in the blood.Extracellular heat shock proteins are involved in cell-cell communication as well as immune and inflammatory processes.Hsp90 promotes cell survival, migration, inflammation and angiogenesis, and is therefore considered a promising target for cancer therapy.This led to the development of specific HSP90 inhibitors.More recently, these inhibitors have also been tested in diabetic animals.The use of the HSP90 inhibitor 17-DMAG significantly reduced atherosclerotic lesions and induced a more stable plaque phenotype in a mouse model with hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia.Hsp90 is upregulated in human carotid atherosclerotic plaques (especially in unstable areas of plaques) and in patients' serums, triggering autoimmune antibodies against Hsp90 in patients.Is HSP90 also present in serum of patients with diabetic peripheral arterial disease?Is there a relationship between secretory heat shock protein 90 and arterial disease?The study that HSP90 may be involved in the molecular mechanism of vascular endothelial barrier function impairment in diabetes will provide a new target for the early serological diagnosis and treatment of diabetic vascular disease.The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the degree of vascular disease and serum heat shock protein 90 in patients with type 2 diabetes.The study was divided into three groups: diabetic without PAD group, diabetic with PAD group and diabetic foot group.According to the degree of peripheral artery disease, the patients were divided into three groups, and the content of heat shock protein 90 in serum of the patients was detected.To analyze the correlation between the degree of peripheral arterial disease and the content of heat shock protein 90 in serum.
This clinical study aims to assess the efficacy of TOTUM-070, a mix of 5 plant extracts, on lipid metabolism in moderate hypercholesterolemic subjects. The hypothesis is that TOTUM-070, daily consumed, is superior to placebo for decrease of fasting blood LDL-cholesterol concentration (determined by ultracentrifugation method) after 24 weeks of consumption.
This is a prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study to evaluate prevalence of vascular risk factors in children with Down Syndrome and to determine the association between vascular disease risk factors and objective markers of early atherosclerosis.
Ischemia-guided revascularization is the cornerstone of contemporary management of coronary artery disease (CAD). Coronary physiological assessment is advocated in the catheter laboratory to guide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and it is widely accepted that an FFR ≤ 0.80 is a good indicator for vessels to benefit from revascularization. Nevertheless, a significant proportion of PCI patients continue to experience adverse events related to both stented segment and/or residual or diffuse disease. Our group recently demonstrated the feasibility of pullback pressure gradient (PPG) derived from virtual Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) pullback curve, which is an index of atherosclerosis functional pattern and can be used to epitomize the pathophysiological pattern of CAD as focal or diffuse. In this regard, the current study will investigate the incremental value of PPG added to QFR haemodynamic assessment in ischemia-causing vessels received PCI in predicting adverse outcomes.
The purpose of the RCT trial is to determine whether DCB is not inferior to stent in treating intracranial de novo stenosis.
This is a single-center observational study on adolescents to determine predictors of the early steps of the formation of atherosclerosis and to quantify their influence on Intima-Media-Thickness of the carotid artery and the aorta and on the Pulse-Wave Velocity. A long-term follow-up by means of record linkage is furthermore planned to evaluate the effect of early atherosclerosis and the cardiovascular risk profile on future morbidity with a special focus cardio- and cerebrovascular events.
This study aims at evaluating the prevalence of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in patients over 75 presenting with a first cardio-vascular event (CVE). The investigators will also determine if CHIPs are more frequent in this population compared to a control cohort without CVE. An association between CHIP, a systemic inflammation and increased atherosclerosis will also be assessed.
Background: Diabetes, and especially diabetic kidney disease is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease such as calcification in the coronary arteries and heart failure. Sleep apnea is frequent among patients with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease and sleep apnea itself is a solitary risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease. Nonetheless, sleep apnea is underdiagnosed in diabetes patients because of a discrepancy between sleep apnea severity and actual oxygen deficiency symptoms which makes the diagnosis difficult. For that reason, many diabetics have undiagnosed sleep apnea together with cardiovascular disease. Early discovery of sleep apnea among high risk diabetic patients may therefore be considered crucial before cardiovascular complications develop. For this reason, sleep apnea screening of high-risk diabetics can possibly improve early diagnostics of cardiovascular disease. Aim: This study will seek to establish the association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and coronary calcification and heart failure in patients with diabetic kidney disease. The basic hypothesis of the study is that patients with diabetic kidney disease and concurrent OSA have a higher prevalence and severity of coronary calcification and heart failure compared to patients without OSA. Methods: Diabetic adult patients with scheduled check-ups at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, or Department of Renal Medicine on Aarhus University Hospital will be included in the study. Firstly, all included patients are screened for sleep apnea with the devices SomnoTouch® and ApneaLink®. Based on the sleep apnea determination; 40 patients with moderate-severe sleep apnea are compared with 40 patients without sleep apnea. In both groups, the patients are examined for calcification in the coronary vessels using a CT-scan while the function of the heart is examined by ultrasound (echocardiography). The stiffness of aorta is measured and performed using radial artery tonometry (SphygmoCor®). Furthermore, range of blood- and urine samples will be performed The perspectives are that patients with diabetes should be regularly evaluated for sleep apnea and that patients with moderate/severe sleep apnea should undergo further examination for cardiovascular disease even though the patients don't display any symptoms of either cardiovascular disease or sleep apnea.