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We aim to i) describe flow patterns and flow-related dynamics in the ascending aorta of patients with aortic valve stenosis, ii) compare these flow parameters before and after surgical aortic valve replacement and iii) compare flow parameters with…
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 Lipid-rich Plaque Study will be performed in patients undergoing IVUS-NIRS imaging (the index procedure) in whom a TVC catheter will be purchased and used for routine clinical indications. The study will test the ability of multi-vessel NIRS…
We hypothesize that verapamil reduces progression from paroxysmal to persistent AF, improves rate control, exercise tolerance and quality of life and reduces costs compared to metoprolol.
To investigate whether an interactive internet-based intervention strategy targeting vascular and lifestyle-related risk factors can lead to improvement of cardiovascular risk profile and prevention of cardiovascular disease and whether this in turn…
Optimise post PVI management using ambulant continuous patient-driven eHealth monitoring after catheter ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation.Primary Objective:1) Determine the effect of eHealth on clinical management, outcomes and…
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…
Primary Objective: To assess the analytical performance of the cardiac reader Secondary Objective(s): To assess the user friendliness of the device (handling, analytical speed).
Primary Objective: to compare the atrial contractility by means of echocardiography between patients receiving flecainide and vernakalant i.v. after conversion to sinus rhythmSecondary Objective(s): 2a. To compare the conversion rate of AF between…
Primary Objective:To determine whether the long*term use of methylphenidate (> 3 years) increases the blood pressure and causes left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) identified by echocardiography in late adolescent (>=15 years) and young…
Objectives: Part 1) To assess the prevalence of PA in general practice (part 1 of this study);Part 2) To describe differences of cardiorenovascular damage in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients with versus without PA (part 2 of this study);Part 3…
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…
Incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in familial combined hyperlipidemia
To determine: 1) the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in FCHL patients, normolipidemic relatives and their spouses2) the incidence of cardiovascular disease in FCHL patients, normolipidemic relatives and their spouses3) the prevalence of CESD…
To investigate whether children with a history of Kawasaki disease have an increased IMT and arterial stifness compared to their healthy siblings.
The primary objective of this study is to identify in what manner micro- and macro hemodynamic parameters responds to critical illness and therapy, and to determine how this interaction is related to different states of organ dysfunction (heart,…
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…
The primary efficacy objective of this study is to:* Compare the incidences of the composite endpoints of stroke, systemic embolic event (SEE), myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiovascular (CV) mortality between the edoxaban group and the…
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…