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In patients with NSTEMI we aim to: 1) compare coronary vulnerable plaque detection between 18F-NaF-PET-CMR and invasive coronary angiography, 2) investigate the relation of coronary vulnerable plaques using 18F-NaF-PET with myocardial infarction…
Describe the relation between patterns in biomarkers of vascular inflammation, plaque instability and hypercoagulability and the incidence of recurrent ACS
Primary Objective: To compare the effects of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism on cardiac left ventricular function, as assessed by CMR, in subjects with differentiated thyroid cancer during their early treatment.Secondary Objective(s): To compare…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Determining the role and influence of genetics, their polymorphisms and immunologic phenotype in arteriogenesis in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).
To investigate whether circadian rhythms in patients with chronic systolic heart failure are disturbed
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the influence of pectus excavatum on the anaerobic threshold during exercise. This could be an objective measurement of exercise intolerance. An objective measurement of exercise intolerance can later…
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of treatment on the exertional contractile reserve and RV-arterial coupling during exercise in CTEPH patients. Furthermore, we evaluate the effects on the exertional contractile reserve and RV-…
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…
The main objective of this study is to assess whether ICD therapy in dialysis patients reduces sudden (arrhythmogenic) cardiac death. The first secondary end point is to compare total mortality death between the two groups. An other is to evaluate…
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.
Primary Objectives: - To investigate whether disease progression in individual patients with CHF can be accurately assessed by serial measurements of disease-related (novel) biomarkers.- To investigate whether dynamic biomarker patterns as…
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 assess the effects of marathon running on changes in cardiac and skeletal muscle structure and function using state of the art MRI techniques, ultra-sensitive biomarker assays and a high resolution 64-lead electrocardiogram.