suma/infarction

Restenosis after carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a critical issue. Cilostazol can reduce restenosis after interventions in coronary or femoropopliteal arteries. The investigators confirmed and published periprocedural cilostazol administration reduced incidences of in-stent restenosis (ISR) or

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) with tissue characterization (IVUS-TC) are relatively new expansions to intravascular assessments, and has the capacity to assess plaque composition and, potentially, to identify vulnerable plaques. One of the mechanisms by which

Ethical issues This study was approved by the Bogomolets National Medical University ethics committee and a written informed concern was obtained from the patient, the patient's family or a legal representative. Study design This randomized, single-center, controlled study was conducted in the adult

Aims: - To develop and evaluate strategies for early detection of type 2 diabetes in different countries and different populations. - To study whether a multifactorial treatment strategy can reduce CVD-mortality and reduce the incidence of macro- and microvascular complications. The treatment

CT-EXTRA is a randomized clinical trial that will compare a novel diagnostic strategy employing the addition of coronary MSCT angiography to exercise treadmill testing with a standard diagnostic strategy of exercise treadmill testing for the outpatient evaluation of low-intermediate risk patients

Beginning in 2001, a phase-1 equivalent feasibility and safety evaluation of intramyocardial injection of autologous CD133+ bone marrow cells during elective CABG surgery was conducted at Rostock University. No procedure-related adverse events were observed and there was some improvement of

The evaluation of chest pain patients in the emergency department remains a costly and difficult challenge, because a large proportion of them do not suffer from an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The adequate ruling out of ACS in patients with chest pain is crucial, as the erroneous discharge of a

Background: VT is found mostly in patients with structural heart disease. It is classified using morphological criteria (monomorphic or polymorphic), duration of arrhythmia (sustained or non-sustained) or the mechanism of arrhythmia formation (re-entry, increased automation or triggered activity).

This is a prospective, randomized (the study drug is assigned by chance), double-blind (neither physician nor participant knows the treatment that the participant receives), active-controlled (study in which the experimental treatment or procedure is compared to a standard treatment or procedure),

The mechanism of myocardial infarction in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease remains unknown. The SOFT-MI study has been designed as a single-center, prospective observational trial to investigate the prevalence of vulnerable and disrupted plaques in patients with acute MI but

The objectives of the study is: - to evaluate the effect of the repeated loading dose of clopidogrel (600 mg) in addition to high dose of clopidogrel continuous therapy (150 mg/day) on the platelet aggregation inhibition in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing interventional treatment - to

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and a P2Y12 receptor inhibitor represents the standard of care for the long-term secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events in patients with myocardial infarction (MI). The novel P2Y12 receptor inhibitors prasugrel and ticagrelor are characterized

Silent ischemia has been shown to negatively affect prognosis in patients after myocardial infarction (MI). Despite these consistent findings, there are almost no prospective data unequivocally documenting a benefit of antiischemic therapy on prognosis in patients with silent ischemia. There is some

Post infarction heart failure (HF) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In the United States, more than three million patients, and 700.000 in Italy, have cardiac failure and its most common cause is ischemic heart disease. The major goal to improve post infarction LV function would be