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The primary objective of the study is to determine whether patients with PA have a higher level of arterial wall inflammation than patients with essential hypertension. Secondary Objectives: To determine whether circulating monocytes of patients…
Describe the relation between patterns in biomarkers of vascular inflammation, plaque instability and hypercoagulability and the incidence of recurrent ACS
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…
Primary:2. To investigate the prevalence of vulnerable plaques, i.e. plaques with intraplaque hemorrhage on MRI, in individuals with type 2 diabetes, impaired and normal glucose tolerance and a minimal plaque thickness of 2mm on ultrasonography. To…
Primary Objective: 1. To determine whether there is a difference in arterial wall inflammation between well-controlled and poorly-controlled type 1 diabetes patients2. To determine whether patients with type 1 diabetes have a higher level of…
With this study we will evaluate the following hypothesis: Does acute systemic inflammation induces plaque instability and could it be repsonsible for the elevated risk of cardiovascular events. Eventually this study can contribute to the knowledge…
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.
To answer the following research questions: 1. Do intimal arterial calcification and medial arterial calcification in the lower extremity arteries increase the occurrence of cardiovascular disease in people with a high risk of cardiovascular disease…
To gain further insight into the interaction and possibly shared pathophysiological mechanisms of female-specific cardiovascular risk factors and events we will quantify white matter hyperintensities on brain MRI and assess endothelial function in…
The primary objective will be the prevalence of medial arterial calcification, defined as an ABI * 1.3 and a TBI > 0.7, among hemophiliacs compared with non- hemophiliacs matched by sex and age.
1. To investigate a possible increase intimal-media thickness (IMT) is found of the iliacal artery in endofibrosis2. To investigate a possible altered distention is found of the iliacal artery in endofibrosis3. To compare IMT and distention…
Based on the gaps in our knowledge (as stated above), we have formulated the following objectives:- To quantify the degree of hepatic fat accumulation and fibrosis in patients with HFI. - To gain more insight in the mechanism leading to NAFLD in…
Main study objective of this study is:To evaluate whether the 320-detector volumetric CT technology can replace carotid duplex scanning and TEE in the diagnostic workup in TIA/IS patients. Specific aims of this main study objective are:1. To assess…
We hypothesize that the amount of physical activity correlates with insulin-induced microvascular recruitment during free-fatty acid infusion in skeletal muscle as well as in the heart. In this study we aim to test this hypothesis.
This study aims at (further) revealing the pathophysiology of intestinal IR in man, with a specific interest for the role of proteases and protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2), cellular and inflammatory changes, barrier function and intestinal…
To prevent vessel damage of the radial artery by using the Cordis Railway sheathless guiding catheter system.
The main objective of this study is to investigate whether a long lasting pro-inflammatory phenotype, the characteristic of trained immunity, is present in circulating monocytes of patients with severe periodontal disease and whether this correlates…
To investigate whether long-term activation of the innate immune system, named *trained innate immunity*, occurs at the level of the bone marrow progenitor cells in patients with significant coronary artery disease and whether this correlates with…
In this exploratory study we aim to explore the values of apolipoprotein B bound to erythrocytes in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2, to evaluate the relationship with clinical and subclinical atherosclerosis and to compare these results…
To explore the inflammatory changes of a PCSK-9 inhibitor compared with placebo on postprandial lipemia and postprandial leukocyte activation, oxidative stress and endothelial function in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus.