Status:
COMPLETED
MDCT of the Coronary Arteries in Heart Transplanted Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Oslo University Hospital
Conditions:
Coronary Artery Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Heart transplanted patients often develop coronary artery disease and therefore have their coronary arteries examined with coronary angiography once a year.The purpose of the study is to validate comp...
Detailed Description
Heart transplanted patients (HTx) often develop coronary artery disease (CAD) which is a major cause of graft failure and death in this group of patients. Therefore, heart transplanted patients have t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Heart transplanted patient
- Age 18 or above.
Exclusion
- Heart transplantation less than a year ago.
- Renal insufficiency with estimated creatinine clearance \< 50 ml/min.
- History of contrast induced nephropathy.
- Known allergic reaction to CT contrast.
- Pregnancy
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Severe heart failure NYHA class IV.
- Hypotension (systolic blood pressure (BP) \< 100 mmHg and/or diastolic BP\<50 mmHg) or hemodynamic unstable patients.
- Severe pulmonary disease making the patient unable to hold his/her breath in more than 10 seconds.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00403299
Start Date
March 1 2006
End Date
March 1 2007
Last Update
July 6 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF
Oslo, Norway, 0027