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Filter by:Prospective, interventional, multicentre, non-randomized, single-arm open-label study that aims to enroll 200 consecutive patients with suspected chronic ischemic heart disease in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) at clinically indicated coronary angiography in 3 Italian centers. During coronary angiography, these patients will be simultaneously subjected to a functional and coronary physiology study (according to the methods reported below): - Functional evaluation with fractional flow reserve (FFR), instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR), Resting Full-Cycle Ratio (RFR) of angiographic stenosis> 50%; - In the presence of coronary angiographic stenosis <50% or> 50% but in the presence of a negative functional assessment (FFR> 0.80 and iFR / RFR> 0.90), coronary flow reserve (CFR) and index of microvascular resistance (IMR) will be measured. IMR and CFR will be assessed using intra-coronary guidance; - In the presence of CFR> 2.0 and IMR <25, tests with acetylcholine will also be performed in order to evaluate the possible presence of epicardial (focal or diffuse) or microvascular spasm.
This study is a prospective, diagnostic, cohort study within the standard care of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. It compares the analytical performance of Siemens® point-of-care high sensitive troponin I testing in venous, plasma and capillary sample types. The investigators hypothesize that there is a good correlation between the Siemens® POC HS cTnI assay results for the three sample types and that the bias between different POC sample types reduces from ~10% to ≤ 5% when using heparinized transfer device for the capillary sample.
This randomised, controlled clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Cardiac Shockwave Therapy (CAST-HF) in patients with ischaemic heart failure requiring surgical revascularization. The main questions to answer are: - Does cardiac shockwave therapy, in addition to CABG surgery, improve left ventricular ejection fraction? - Is cardiac shockwave therapy in addition to CAGB surgery safe? Participants will be randomised into intervention (cardiac shockwave therapy) and control (sham treatment with an inactive applicator) groups.
The Philips Angio-iFR medical software device is intended to provide information on the functional significance of a coronary artery lesion to provide guidance on diagnostic decisions similar to that obtained through invasive measures of iFR and FFR. The software application uses the vessel geometry obtained from a coronary angiographic image together with a lumped parameter physiological model to provide the associated iFR and FFR estimates.
This prospective study is a pilot study for evaluating a guidance system that aims to facilitate high-quality echocardiographic acquisitions.
The present study is aimed to investigate whether oral L-arginine supplementation reduces the adverse cardiovascular effects of exposure to traffic-related air pollution among a group of non-smoking adults with elevated blood pressure.
Background Troponin are proteins found in the cardiomyocyte and are a cornerstone in the diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction. Troponin is released to the bloodstream as a result of an cardiomyocyte injury. Troponin is frequently assessed in hospital care for patients with chest pain and dyspnea. Guidelines recommend troponin assessment at admission and repeated at 3 to 6 hours, depending on the assay. High-sensitivity assays measure concentrations that are ten-times lower than earlier generations of assays. However, the time from when troponin is elevated in the bloodstream after an ischemic injury, measured with high-sensitivity assays, are not fully known. During an X-ray imaging of the heart's blood vessels (coronary angiogram) it is possible to do a short, controlled occlusion of coronary artery by inflating a small balloon in one of the coronary arteries. Numerous earlier studies in patients have used this method for induced occlusion of one coronary artery for 1 to 3 minutes. Only one of the studies measured troponin I. The aim with this study is to quantify and compare the release of troponin T and troponin I in the early hours after a controlled induced ischemia. Study Design This is a prospective, descriptive and experimental study. There will be included 40 patients, without acute ischemic cardiac disease. They will be randomized in 4 groups. 0: 10 patients - control group, no balloon occlusion 1. 10 patients - balloon occlusion for 30 seconds 2. 10 patients - balloon occlusion for 60 seconds 3. 10 patients - balloon occlusion for 90 seconds Subsequently there will be assessed serial blood samples 0 - 3 hours: Every 15 minutes 3 - 6 hours: Every 30 minutes Statistics This is a pilot study and it is estimated that ten patients are sufficient number of patients in each group to assess elevation of troponin after occlusion of coronary artery. The thesis is there is a dosage-response correlation between the length of balloon occlusion and the concentration of troponin in blood stream.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a public health care challenge. There are three types of treatment for CHD, medication, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). However, some end-stage CHD patients lost the chance to get those treatment. Cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) is a new developed therapy for these patients, which is used in tens of countries all over the world. Safety, invasiveness, effectiveness is its advantage. Ischemia condition can be improved after CSWT. There are only three cities in China run the program of CSWT, which are Kunming, Beijing and Shanghai. The investigators designed a randomized double-blind study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of CSWT.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether new novel markers from the clinical electrocardiogram (EKG), which have been used as non-invasive measures of heart disease, can detect coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain. The researchers are especially interested in studying how changes in these unique waves evolve over time with rest and activity. It is hoped that the findings will be helpful in differentiating patients with cardiac chest pain at emergency departments from those with non-cardiac chest pain, as early identification can accelerate treatment and save lives. Eligible participants are those age 18 and older who have been referred for a nuclear stress test at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital to rule out coronary artery disease as part of their clinical care.