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Filter by:This is a prospective, non-randomized, open label, multi-center study including 60 patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease with 70%-100% coronary artery stenoses and occlusions enrolled and treated in this investigational device study.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and safety of wound infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and compare it with bupivacaine hydrochloride infiltration
There has recently been renewed interest in the measurement of post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR). Previous studies have suggested that post-PCI FFR values ≥0.90 are associated with better clinical outcomes for patients but the available data suggest that despite angiographically satisfactory results, this is actually achieved in less than 40% of cases. The main mechanisms for sub-optimal post-PCI FFR measurements have been proposed to be suboptimal stent deployment, unmasking of a second lesion in the target vessel post PCI, residual diffuse disease in the untreated segments and pressure drift (a technical artefact of pressure wire technology). Using post-PCI FFR to guide stent optimisation and/or further intervention in the target vessel has been shown to increase the frequency of achieving optimal post-PCI FFR results (and therefore presumably better clinical outcomes). However, there are additional costs involved in the routine use of post-PCI FFR and it is not clear just how often it is even possible to increase the initial post-PCI FFR to ≥0.90. This uncertainty means that it is currently difficult to either recommend the routine use of post-PCI FFR or justify its cost. The investigators propose a prospective study to assess the feasibility of achieving post-PCI FFR ≥0.90 during standard PCI procedures in consecutive patients. The study would also attempt to elucidate the mechanisms for sub-optimal FFR results when they occur. The investigators anticipate using the data from this developmental study to support a subsequent funding application for a definitive phase 3 study of the impact of FFR targeted PCI on clinical outcomes.
This study is designed as a prospective observational feasibility study. The investigators will study whether vulnerable plaques on OCT (fibrous cap ≤ 70 μm) show a locally increased uptake of 18F-choline on PET-MRI compared to stable plaques and whether the culprit plaque shows a locally increased uptake of 18F-choline on PET-MRI compared to non-culprit plaques. First, 15 NSTEMI or STEMI patients who underwent urgent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit vessel, who are diagnosed with multivessel coronary disease and are currently scheduled for a second PCI at the VieCuri hospital will be included. These patients will be subjected to an additional 18F-choline PET-MRI examination at the MUMC+ and an additional optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination (during the PCI procedure at the Viecuri hospital). OCT will be performed as a reference standard to validate 18F-choline PET-MRI for detection of vulnerable plaques in the coronary arteries. In addition, 15 NSTEMI patients, who are scheduled for PCI of the culprit lesion at the MUMC+, will be subjected to an additional 18F-choline PET-MRI examination at the MUMC+. Hereby, the culprit coronary vessel and thereby the culprit plaque can be identified by the location of the myocardial infarct, as identified by late enhanced MRI. The investigators will study whether the culprit plaque shows an increased 18F-choline uptake on 18F-choline PET-MRI compared to non-culprit plaques in the other coronary arteries. All patients will receive standard, guideline-based clinical care, while PET-MRI and OCT will be performed as additional measurements. Before the start of the study, 5 stable angina pectoris patients that are scheduled for a PCI procedure at the MUMC+ will be included at the MUMC+ for a single PET-MRI scan to optimize the parameters of the coronary PET-MRI scan.
The gold standard to induce coronary hyperemia for measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR), coronary flow reserve (CFR) and index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) is adenosine, but it exerts several side effects due to its unspecific action on adenosine receptors. The specific A2a-receptor agonist, regadenoson, has been shown to dilate coronary arteries and enables FFR measurements. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether simultaneous measurement of FFR, CFR and IMR is feasible, safe and effective within regadenoson-induced hyperemia.
This is a pilot study designed to assess the relationship between iFR (instantaneous wave-free ratio) pullback and the distribution of coronary atheroma/stenoses as assessed by Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA) post angiographically successful PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).
The aim of the study is to compare different devices available to measure fractional flow reserve (FFR) in coronary arteries.
One hundred Spanish postmenopausal women accepted to be investigated for cardiovascular risk actors including clinical features, serum biochemical parameters, single nucleotide polymorphisms for estrogen receptor, and imaging parameters, carotid intima-media thickness (91 women) and coronary computed tomography (32 women). Multivariable analysis confirmed that both age and glucose level directly affected IMT. Estrogenic exposure, as measured by the allele associated with lower expression of the ER beta gene, was protective at the sinus and the wall. Findings at the coronary arteries, either moderate or high calcium index (CAC) and/or significant lumen stenosis were sporadic and did not allow for establishing association with any of the variables assessed.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RESTORE Paclitaxel eluting balloon in the treatment of Chinese patients with coronary heart disease and small vessel lesions in comparison with RESOLUTE Zotarolimus eluting stent.
The new software package is intended to assist the physician in imaging the coronaries during percutaneous coronary interventions. This study investigates the amount of contrast used during percutaneous coronary interventions with the aid of the new software package. The results of the study will be compared with control group data (before the new software package was installed or after it was removed) to define a possible contrast reduction.