Follow-up of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patency by Multislice Computed Tomography

Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Follow-up of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patency by Multislice Computed Tomography

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00712153
• Other study ID #: 95023
• Secondary ID: FEMH - 95 - D -0
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 7, 2008
• Last updated: August 5, 2010
• Start date: November 2006

Study information

• Verified date: July 2008
• Source: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Coronary artery disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the world and coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is the most common surgical procedure for treatment. Patients with recurrent ischemic symptoms after CABG are most likely to have occluded or significantly stenosis in grafts or native coronary arteries. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the patency of these vessel conduits after CABG. Until now, selective coronary angiography is the traditional gold standard for the assessment of both native coronary arteries and bypass grafts. But it is an invasive procedure that requires x-ray exposure, hospitalization, and includes a risk for complication. However, there is an alternative noninvasive method, multislice computed tomography (MSCT), with high specificity and excellent sensitivity for the detection of the coronary artery disease. It is even cheaper and takes shorter time to perform. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to use MSCT to evaluate the patency and the quality of all grafts and native coronary arteries after CABG for more than two years. In addition, we will elucidate the relationship of these data and CABG procedures to review our experience.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. primary completion date: November 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients underwent CABG and performed MSCT after the surgeries

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Disease
• Myocardial Ischemia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital