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Describe the relation between patterns in biomarkers of vascular inflammation, plaque instability and hypercoagulability and the incidence of recurrent ACS
In the current study, we want to demonstrate Rienso uptake in the vessel wall in patients with cardiovascular disease and relate the uptake of Rienso to endothelial permeability.
Test the optimized MRI sequences/technology against CTA as gold standard, in terms ofimage quality, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), speed, and accuracy/reproducibility of extracted quantitative parameters.
optimization of a new 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging protocol for imaging of the aortic vessel wall in order to enhance the identification of individuals at highest risk of developing clinically manifest atherosclerosis
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 Objectives:A. To assess the reproducibility and variability (interscan, intra- and interreader) of novel (DCE-)MRI techniques to measure vessel wall dimensions, wall shear stress and vessel wall permeability in healthy and cardiovascular…
To examine the hour-to-hour and day-to-day reproducibility of the CAV-test in young and older humans
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…
The main objective of this study is to assess the prevalence cardiovascular disease and the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with gout, and to quantify the risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with gout. The…
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…
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…
The main objective is to show whether imaging characteristics assessed at baseline can predict clinical events in patients with a 30-69 % symptomatic carotid stenosis.
Assess feasibility of development of skin colour independent assessment of skin AGE accumulation by measurement of skin autofluorescence in persons with dark skin
The main goal of this study is to assess the difference in local pulse wave velocity measured at three different points in the left and right carotid artery in healthy subjects and in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid plaques. As…