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Filter by:AthenaValve aims to develop and initial validate a novel serum diagnostic kit, for the assessment of severity and prognosis of progression of aortic valve stenosis (AS, a devastating disease without early diagnosis and medical treatment). Two independent clinical cohorts of patients will provide serum samples, along with tissue and serum of a validated animal model of the disease for evaluation of the early stages, in order to develop and validate a multiplexed Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay kit (multiplex ELISA). Advanced bioinformatics analysis will facilitate the selection of the most promising molecules from integrated proteomics-transcriptomics-metabolomics data. The novel biomarkers will help clinicians to early diagnose patients at high risk and will pave the way for the experimental implementation of promising pharmaceutical therapies. Moreover, AthenaValve aims to shed light on the systemic cellular interplay of the same patients, by analyzing the circulating immune cell phenotypes of the subgroups of rapid and slow progression patients
The primary objective of this study (LANDMARK) is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the Myval THV Series with Contemporary Valves (Sapien THV Series and Evolut THV Series) in patients with severe symptomatic native aortic valve stenosis. This study will be done in total 768 subjects (384:384, Myval THV Series vs. Contemporary Valves) The randomisation will be carried out with an allocation ratio of 1:1 between Myval THV Series vs. Contemporary Valves (Sapien THV Series and Evolut THV Series)
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the most common spinal degenerative disease. For conservative treatment failure, open lumbar decompression and fusion surgery is the main surgical treatment. After decades of development, open lumbar decompression and fusion surgery has been the standard treatment. However, there are still people and conditions that cannot be covered, such as elderly people who intolerable surgery, severe osteoporosis, and re-stenosis at adjacent segments after fusion. Percutaneous spinal endoscopic lumbar spinal decompression technique could be performed under local anesthesia, soft tissue damage is minimized, and effective spinal decompression can be achieved. There are still some controversial points of LSS decompression under percutaneous endoscope surgery, such as the range of decompression, choice of approach, postoperative spinal stability, learning curve, surgical safety, long-term effects of endoscopic treatment of restenosis at adjacent segments after fusion surgery. The purpose of this study was to solve these controversial points. A multi-center, prospective registration study based on the real world is planned. The total sample size is about 600 cases (300 cases in endoscopic surgery group, 300 cases in open decompression and fusion group). The mid- to long-term clinical efficacy and safety were evaluated.
The objective is to observe the evolution of walking parameters during the surgery process and find which of all calculated walking parameters represent the best indicators of functional disabilities and postoperative recovery for patient with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Ureteral stents have been widely used in many urological operations. Although there are several reports regarding the effectiveness of long-term ureteral stents for malignancy ureteral obstruction, ureteral stricture and urolithiasis, the experience is limited about the long-term ureteral stents made by Taiwan. The investigators have to propose the 5-year post-market survey report. Though this observation study, The investigators can further understand the clinical safety and effectiveness of placing ureteral stents
Aortic stenosis (AS) affects approximately 5% of individuals >65 years old, with ~3% of people >75 years having moderate to severe disease. The prevalence of AS is rising rapidly due to an ageing population and is projected to double in the next two decades. Increasingly clinicians face the dilemma of how to best manage this growing population of mainly elderly patients, many of whom are asymptomatic but have been identified as having severe AS, often as an incidental finding. Reduced aortic valve opening progresses over decades without any apparent symptoms because the heart compensates for the AS. Ultimately, compensatory mechanisms fail resulting in angina, syncope or heart failure. If these symptomatic patients with severe AS remain untreated, they have a dire prognosis. In this situation the only effective treatment is AVR, either surgically or using TAVI. Conversely, conventional teaching and clinical practice in cardiology has been that, in the absence of symptoms, the prognosis is usually excellent and, except in a few very specific circumstances, conservative management and regular review (expectant management) is recommended. This advice is reflected in current international guidelines but is based largely on historical precedent. There has never been a randomised controlled trial to address the relative benefits of early AVR versus expectant management in patients with severe asymptomatic AS. The relative benefits of a strategy of early AVR/TAVI versus expectant management in patients with asymptomatic severe AS are unclear. There is clinical equipoise but it remains one of the few areas of cardiovascular medicine where no randomised controlled trials (RCT) have been performed. The EASY-AS study will provide crucial data on the relative merits of these differing approaches to management, in terms of important patient orientated outcomes, conventional cardiovascular end-points and cost effectiveness.
Randomised comparison of Culotte technique versus "Double Kissing" - Crush technique (DK-Crush) for the percutaneous treatment of de novo non-left main coronary bifurcation lesions with modern everolimus-eluting stents (DES) - German multicenter study
Biliary stricture is a common complication after end-to-end biliary anastomosis, especially after liver transplantation. This study is designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of magnetic recanalization technique, a newly clinical method, for treating biliary anastomotic stricture.
The aim of the work is to; elucidate how the presence of carotid stenosis influence the pattern of stroke and also how it interact with other risk factors for stroke. Also identify predictors of intracranial stenosis and outcome in patients with carotid stenosis with or without intracranial stenosis.
In this study the investigators investigate the feasibility and therapeutic potential of free autologous fat grafting combined to direct visual urethrotomy (DVIU) in the treatment of urethral strictures.