Status:
COMPLETED
Identification of Carotid Vasa Vasorum and Correlation With Acute Coronary Events
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
Lantheus Medical Imaging
Conditions:
Coronary Artery Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Adventitial vasa vasorum (VV) as well as intraplaque microvessels are known to be associated with atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound has been validated as a technique t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Individuals referred for elective left heart catheterization in the past three months or individuals who have undergone recent left heart catheterization for acute coronary syndrome in the past 3 months
Exclusion
- Inability to provided informed consent
- Pregnancy or of lack confirmed urine or serum B-hcg testing in pre-menopausal women under the age of 50
- Known allergy to Definity (registered trademark)
- Contraindications to Definity including permanent or transient right to left or bidirectional cardiac shunts, allergy to perflutren, severe pulmonary hypertension
- Known cocaine abuse within the past year
- History of heart transplantation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
66 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01436773
Start Date
May 1 2009
End Date
May 1 2012
Last Update
July 24 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213