Combining Intraplaque Neovascularization With Risk Stratification by Carotid Stress ECHO

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (6) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

The root cause of heart attacks and strokes is atherosclerosis, the hardening and thickening of blood vessels due to the presence of plaque which is a build-up of fat and cholesterol in the walls of vessels. To diagnose heart disease, patients receive a stress test to find out if they require surgery. Up to 52% of patients receiving an angiogram (surgery) to look at plaque blockages in the heart are found to be normal (no blockage). Patients who are suspected of having heart disease often undergo a stress test, which helps cardiologists decide if the patient has heart disease, but stress tests can give false results. In Ontario alone, 90% are stress tests are found to be normal and patients are sent home with little follow-up. Of these 3-5% (\ 4,000 patients/year) will have a major cardiovascular event (heart attack, surgery, or death) within 3 years. We need to improve the stress test accuracy to reduce cardiac outcome. We now know that it is not just the total amount of plaque that leads to heart attacks and strokes, but the composition of the plaque that can lead to breakage causing a heart attack. Plaques are soft and fragile, and typically contain fat and small leaky blood vessels within their cores. If we are able to identify patients that have leaky plaques using ultrasound, we may be able to improve the accuracy of stress testing. We propose a study looking at the combination of stress testing (assessing heart function) and neck ultrasound (assessing plaque composition), to identify patients at risk for cardiovascular events (heart attacks and death). We will enrol patients from 6 sites across Canada and follow-them for cardiac outcome for 3 years.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Men and women \>18 years;

• Referred for a clinically indicated SE for assessment of ischemia and risk stratification;

• Able and willing to give informed consent.

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
University of Calgary
RECRUITING
Calgary
University of Alberta
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Edmonton
Dalhousie University
RECRUITING
Halifax
Queen's University, Cardiovascular Imaging Network at Queen's (CINQ)
RECRUITING
Kingston
The Kingston Heart Clinic
RECRUITING
Kingston
Unity Health Toronto
RECRUITING
Toronto
Contact Information
Primary
Marie-France Hetu, PhD
cinq.research@gmail.com
1 613-549-6666
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-08-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-08-16
Participants
Target number of participants: 1500
Treatments
Cardiac outpatients
Subjects referred for outpatient stress echocardiogram (SE).
Sponsors
Collaborators: Lantheus Medical Imaging
Leads: Dr. Amer Johri

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov