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Filter by:To establish the effectiveness and tolerability of standard of care anti-anginal treatment (beta-blocker and calcium channel blocker medications) in older adults with symptomatic Stable Ischemic Heart Disease (SIHD) and multiple chronic conditions (MCC).
Prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter, open-label trial to study whether multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is superior over culprit-lesion only PCI in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease.
Heart attacks caused by the complete blockage of a heart artery are treated by opening it with a stent. However, most people will also have 'non-culprit' narrowings found in their other arteries at this time. Although in general people do better if these non-culprit narrowings are also treated with stents if they look severe, this process has problems. This is because narrowings that look severe may be stable and not cause any trouble. For these people a stent is a wasted procedure and unnecessary risk. On the other hand, narrowings that are currently left alone because they appear mild, may progress and cause a heart attack. Participants who have had a heart attack will have a scan from inside the heart arteries during an angiogram (optical coherence tomography, OCT) and a magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA). If the investigators can show that it is possible to accurately predict which non-culprit narrowings are going to progress and which are going to stabilise, medical professionals may be able to better target their treatments after a heart attack.
In the field of cardiovascular medicine, there are two differing groups of patients that remain puzzling to clinicians: patients who are not expected to have coronary artery disease (CAD) yet are diagnosed with significant CAD; and those who are have multiple risk factors for CAD but do not have CAD. Bats exhibit unique phenotypes including long lifespans and likely reduced atherosclerosis. Prior work has identified multiple molecular mechanisms of suppressing the activation of inflammasomes, causally linked to atherosclerosis. The investigators hypothesize there are different molecular markers that confer protection or increased risk for CAD, some of which may be similar to bats. Thus, the aim of this study is to identify molecular markers that contribute to or are protective against acute coronary syndrome (ACS) through analyzing the genetics, peripheral blood and atherosclerotic samples from both extreme patient groups using single-cell RNA sequencing and multi-omics approach. In addition, novel anti-atherosclerotic mechanisms and factors from bat studies will be assessed in the human samples. Identification of novel targets that prevent or cause CAD has the potential to aid in the early identification of high-risk patients and development of new therapeutics to combat this growing epidemic. To conduct this study, patients who have undergone a coronary angiogram or a CT coronary angiogram that fall into the both extremes will be recruited and blood samples will be taken for the above analysis. These will be compared to a group of controls (low risk without disease and high risk with disease).
Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome (CCS) undergoing with elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are treated with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), consisting of aspirin combined with clopidogrel for 6 months. The aim of DAPT is to prevent recurrent thrombotic events, i.e. death, stent thrombosis and/ or myocardial infarction (MI). However, the trade-off of thrombotic prevention by DAPT is an increased risk of bleeding. Multiple strategies to reduce bleeding risk and optimize outcomes have been proposed. On one hand the bleeding risk can be reduced by shortening the duration of DAPT and omitting aspirin. This has been proven effective in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) compared to standard DAPT, without a significant difference in thrombotic events. On the other hand, personalized medicine by means of genotyping to ensure that a patient is treated with an, for them, effective drug, can be a strategy to optimize patients outcomes. In CCS patients the preferred P2Y12-inhibitor is clopidogrel. However, clopidogrel must first be activated by the CYP2C19 enzyme in the liver. Only then can clopidogrel inhibit the P2Y12-receptor and prevent platelet activation. Almost thirty percent of patients has a genetic variation of the gene encoding this CYP2C19 enzyme. In these patients, clopidogrel is not or hardly activated, putting them at a higher risk of thrombotic events than patients who do not have this gene variation. By determining the CYP2C19 genotype, it is possible to estimate whether clopidogrel will be effective or not. In this trial the investigators evaluate the pharmacodynamic effects of genotype guided P2Y12-inhibitor monotherapy in patients with CCS undergoing PCI. In the intervention arm the CYP2C19 genotype will be assessed using a point-of-care test device on the cardiology ward, which can be performed by (research) nurses. Patients with a CYP2C19 loss-of-function (LOF) allel will be treated with monotherapy ticagrelor or prasugrel. Patients who are non-carrier of a LOF allel will receive clopidogrel. The control arm will be treated with the current standard-of-care, which is DAPT, consisting of aspirin combined with clopidogrel for 6 months. The main goals is to assess the antithrombotic effects of individualized P2Y12 monotherapy strategy versus clopidogrel plus aspirin in elective PCI patients.
The purpose of this observational study is to compare the impact of rotational atherectomy to conventional stenting and to investigate how it may affect coronary microcirculation in patients with calcified coronary artery lesions and stable CAD. The study's objectives are to: - investigate the impact of rotational atherectomy on the prevalence of post-percutaneuos coronary intervention coronay microvascular dysfunction; - investigate the impact of conventional stenting on the prevalence of post-percutaneuos coronary intervention coronay microvascular dysfunction; and - compare the impact of both percutaneuos coronary interventions on coronary microvascular dysfunction. Patients with calcified lesions will be enrolled prospectively and will have serial invasive and non-invasive microvascular testing prior to and after rotational atherectomy or conventional stenting.
This is a prospective observational study aiming to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the high-sensitivity Troponin assay performed with the Atellica VTLi POCT system (by comparison with the results obtained with the Atellica diagnostic system currently in use) and to evaluate the impact of the POCT system on the reduction of decision-making time (particularly of "rule-out"), by evaluating the number of cases in which the conclusion of the decision pathway at 3 h (algorithm currently in use) could have been concluded at 1 h.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of a drug (in the drug class called sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors) in women who have symptoms of ischemic heart disease. The main questions the study aims to answer are: Does blood flow in the heart improve with study drug? Participants will be randomly assigned to a 12-week course of the study drug, dapagliflozin 10mg, or placebo. Blood flow in the heart will be assessed using stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at baseline and 12 weeks. The researchers will compare the results from the two groups.
The goal of this observational study is to collect health data on people who are at high risk of having heart complications and are having a surgery that is not on the heart. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is this study feasible in terms of recruiting enough people to participate in this study? - How often do heart complications happen in people who are at high risk of heart complications and are having a surgery that is not on the heart? Participants will have their usual care and will also be asked to: - Have extra bloodwork done - Complete some surveys - Have two echocardiograms (ultrasounds of the heart) - Continue to follow-up with the research team for one year after their surgery Researchers will compare how often heart complications occur in this high risk population to a future study where participants will receive stem cells before their surgery.
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been found to reduce the rate of stent restenosis compared to bare metal stents (BMS), but the first generation DES caused an increase in stent thrombosis. The second generation DES, including the Cre8Evo stent, has been designed to address these issues. The Cre8Evo stent is made of cobalt chromium and releases the drug amphilimus into the vessel wall, which is quickly absorbed and then lost, creating a BMS-like form. The Cre8Evo stent does not contain polymers and does not induce an inflammatory response. It inhibits cdk2 and RhoA, reducing the proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells. In diabetic patients, the Cre8Evo stent showed superior results in suppressing late proliferation compared to conventional DES. The Cre8Evo stent has been found to be safe and effective in clinical studies, and it has a superior effect in the clinical course of diabetic patients compared to other stents. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the Cre8Evo stent in actual clinical practice, specifically comparing outcomes in patients with and without diabetes.