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Filter by:Long-term DAPT is recommended after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary artery disease. However, antiplatelet therapy may have adverse consequences, the most common of which is gastrointestinal mucosal injury with ulceration and bleeding. The extent to which an an abbreviated DAPT strategy reduces gastrointestinal mucosal injury has not been studied, principally due to the lack of sensitive, noninvasive measurements capable of detecting gastrointestinal injury.ANKON® magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy (AMCE) is a non-invasive, active controlled system which affords assessment of the stomach and entire small intestine.The current randomized study will assess gastrointestinal mucosal injury and bleeding via AMCE in patients on three different antiplatelet regimens and establish a gastrointestinal mucosal injury scoring system which may prove useful in guiding optimal antiplatelet agent usage after PCI.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) is an important disease with increasing prevalence worldwide. More than 60% of diabetes patients die of CVD. Diabetes is associated with 2-to 4- fold increase in the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Diabetes patients with stable ischemic heart disease may have more prevalent of asymptomatic ischemia or silent ischemia due to autonomic neuropathy. Therefore, detection of total myocardial ischemia including both symptomatic and silent ischemia using ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring may provide better accuracy in ischemic burden and prognosis in diabetes patients. DDP-4 inhibitors have favorable effects on atherosclerotic risk factors beyond glycemic control. Furthermore, DPP-4 inhibitors may have favorable effects on ischemic preconditioning in patients with CAD. For this study we aim to compare the effects of between vildagliptin and Dapagliflozin on ischemic burden defined by total ischemic time, markers of autonomic function, biomarkers of myocardial injury and biomarkers of inflammation.
To evaluate the clinical safety and efficacy in Chinese subjects, eligible for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in lesions amenable to treatment with a 34/38 mm Medtronic Resolute Integrity™ Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.
The mainstay for treatment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) focusses on re-establishing and maintaining the patency of vessels following coronary plaque disruption, through the use of anti-platelets and anticoagulants. Despite advances in management ACS still carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality, thus future management is likely to target other pathways. Recent studies indicate that CD4+ T cells, and more specifically Treg cells, are important for the control of post-ischemic immune responses and the promotion of myocardial healing. The investigators therefore hypothesise that expansion of Treg cells in patients with ACS dampens the activation of the immune response and promotes both plaque and myocardial healing. The investigators hypothesise that this can be achieved through subcutaneous administration of low doses of interleukin-2 (IL-2). IL-2 supplementation appears to be an attractive therapeutic option playing a key role in Treg cell development, expansion, survival and suppressive function.
Some patients who have multiple long-term health conditions have significant challenges accessing needed services despite available primary care and social services resources. Patient navigation programs may help those with complex health conditions improve their care and outcomes and if delivered by community health navigators (CHNs) who have close community ties, these programs have the potential to reduce barriers to care and increase access to coordinated, person-centred care. The ENCOMPASS program aims to improve the care and health outcomes for high-risk patients by linking patients with chronic disease with a CHN to help them navigate the health system, facilitate communication between patients and providers, improve patients' understanding of their conditions and treatment plans, and support patients in their self-management. In Canada, patient navigation programs have not been well studied or broadly implemented in patients with chronic disease, making a comprehensive evaluation of ENCOMPASS important. This program has great potential to improve care for patients with chronic diseases in primary care.
This pilot randomized control trial will examine the role of choral singing on psychosocial stress and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). The hypothesis is that choral singing will improve psychosocial stress in comparison to the control group and this may have an impact on rates of hospitalization, death, myocardial infarction and stroke in these patients.
RITA-MI aims to develop of a novel therapeutic concept to target the immune response in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) by depleting B-cells with a single injection of Rituximab which is approved for clinical use in cancer, autoimmune disease and inflammatory conditions. The goal is to re-purpose the drug, and translate the discovery into benefit for patients at high risk of cardiovascular events. Rituximab is expected to limit infarction size and improve the healing process, as complementary to other therapeutic strategies. The applicants intend to perform a clinical study in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). The objective is to find the optimal dose (lowest dose with highest biological efficacy and best safety profile) for peripheral blood B cell depletion during the first 6 days after injection, and selective molecular signatures associated with improved heart function through analysis of peripheral blood samples. The study rationale is to decrease the inflammatory reaction upon tissue necrosis following heart muscle ischemia.
Usual care may not identify subtle clinical changes that precede a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE). Therefore investigators will explore the effectiveness of using biomarkers, patient reported outcomes (PROs), and patient reported informatics (PRIs) as predictors to a MACE event.
Investigators try to assess the safety of 6-months or 12-months maintenance of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT, aspirin + clopidogrel) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention using the Zotarolimus-eluting, Resolute Integrity™ stent (Medtronic Vascular Inc, Santa Rosa, CA) or the BioMatrix™ stent (Biosensors. Singapore).
Assessment of myocardial ischemic-reperfusion injury during off- and on- pump CABG.