Status:

UNKNOWN

Comprehensive Assessment of Interconnection Between Brain Emotional Activity and Coronary Plaque Instability

Lead Sponsor:

Korea University Guro Hospital

Conditions:

Atherosclerosis, Coronary

Emotional Stress

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-75 years

Brief Summary

Emotional stress is associated with future cardiovascular events. However, the biological interconnection between brain emotional neural activity and acute plaque instability is not fully understood. ...

Detailed Description

Thirty two patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (including both stable angina and acute coronary syndrome), who have at least one severe obstructive lesion (\>70% diameter stenosis) that ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age: greater than 20, less than 75
  • Patients with severe coronary atherosclerosis (diameter stenosis \>70%) requiring coronary revascularization
  • Reference vessel diameter: between 2.5 and 4.0 mm
  • Obtained informed consent from voluntary participants before study enrollment

Exclusion

  • Complex coronary lesion (ostial lesion, unprotected left main lesion, chronic total occlusion, grafted vessels, etc)
  • Reference vessel diameter: less than 2.5 mm, greater than 4.0 mm
  • Coronary lesion with heavy calcification
  • Hemodynamic instability during coronary intervention
  • Contraindication to antithrombotic therapy
  • Chronic renal insufficiency (Serum creatinine \>2.0mg/dL)
  • Severe liver dysfunction (aspartate transaminase or alanine transferase \> 5 times of upper normal limit)
  • Pregnancy or potential pregnancy
  • Life expectancy less than 1 year
  • Patient refused to sign the informed consent at enrollment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 14 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04853511

Start Date

February 14 2022

End Date

December 31 2024

Last Update

August 24 2022

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Korea University Guro Hospital

Seoul, South Korea, 08308