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Primary objective: To investigate left ventricular diastolic function in AS-patients compared with osteoarthritis patients. Secondary objectives: To assess the prevalence of valvular heart diseases and conduction disturbances. To assess left…
The main objective of this study is to assess the effect of an acute cardiovascular event on the local and the systemic inflammatory state in humans with AMI as well as the reversibility of these effects after 3 months.
Primary Objectives:- Determine the effect of pulmonary vasodilatation on indexed cardiac output during simulated exercise.- Characterization of structural properties of small pulmonary arteries.Secondary Objectives: - Investigate the effect of…
Within this project we aim to determine the energetic conditions that underlie the transition to hypertrophy of the HOCM heart. A prospective comparison will be made between results of PET, MRI and function of cardiac myofilaments (in vitro). Also,…
Verification of functional tests with the LoRRca, a next generation ektacytometer, on red blood cells of healthy individuals with or without comorbidities/risk factors.
The main objective of this study is to obtain more insight in the (human) mechanism underlying BVR by assessing the correlation between response of BVR to preload variation in study subjects (with and) without electrical remodelling (based on…
1. To get new insights in the pathophysiology of PPS by comparing tissue characteristics (histology) of the pericardium in patients with and without PPS. 2. To identify biomarkers that are associated with PPS by collecting 4 blood- and 1 pericardial…
To prevent vessel damage of the radial artery by using the Cordis Railway sheathless guiding catheter system.
Area of interest (study setting): Specific aims:Transient triggers and chronic riskfactors (case-crossover and casecontrol)(1) To investigate frequency and strength of association between transient physical andpsychological triggers and early-onset…
The goal of this pilot study is to investigate whether circulating monocytes of patients with MCD are characterized by a trained phenotype, so we can ascertain whether trained innate immunity may contribute to microvascular wall inflammation in…
Objective with respect to patient care: Obese patients have an increased risk of developing heart failure. By gaining insight on the role of obesity in cardiac dysfunction it will be possible to provide a better risk stratification for the onset of…
The main objective of this study is to evaluate whether myocardial ischemia in the absence of obstructive CAD in athletes is associated with a reduced myocardial perfusion when compared to control subject with a low a priori risk of CAD and without…
1. To characterize and compare RV myocardial structure, contraction patterns, and functional capacity of (A) PH patients (group 1 or 4, the latter are to be inoperable), (B) patients with pressure overloaded RV due to CHD and (C) healthy controls. 2…
1) To improve our understanding of the underlying pro-arrhythmic substrate and electrophysiologic mechanisms of VA in NICM, and to develop individualized treatment for VA based on the identified substrate. 2) To improve risk stratification for VA…
To evaluate the clinical usefulness of the VU-AMS in pediatric cardiology.To validate and improve the measures of stroke volume from the VU-AMS device in a clinical population. VU-AMS stroke volume measures will be compared with stroke volume…
2. STUDY OBJECTIVESSpecific Aim 1. To determine whether Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is associated with hyper reactivity of the neurohormonal and cardiovascular systems. Hypothesis 1: Patients with a clinical history of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy have…
1) identifying new predictors of ST, in particular of late and very late ST and drug eluting stent thrombosis2) to observe clinical outcome after an episode of a ST
To perform a human study demonstrating a detailed analysis of electrical and mechanical activation under different cardiac pacing conditions and to describe the accompanying hemodynamic response.Objectives:To demonstrate non-invasive mapping…
The main objective of the study is to document cardiovascular dysfunction found in rheumatoid arthritis and gout patients using cardiac imaging techniques echocardiography and cardiac MRI.
To gain a better insight into the genetic factors that play a role in the etiology of the thoracic aortic aneurysm with the following specific aims:1. Study of specific geneitc factos that play a role in the pathogenesis of both syndromic and non-…