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Aug 23, 10 08:22PMPrematurely born infants with ductal-dependent congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk to develop necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Abnormal left to right blood flow through a patent ductus arteriosus can cause intestinal ischemia and compromise the gastrointestinal tract as a barrier to infection. In some infants, bacterial translocation leads to NEC which m...Location: Primary Children's Medical Center Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 10:11PMRetrospective medical record review study of specific adverse events in children with congenital heart disease who received palivizumab for prophylaxis of serious respiratory syncytial virus infection and control subjects that did not receive palivizumabLocation: Site Reference ID/Investigator# 6263 Status: Completed» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 09:27AMHypothesis: Tissue and serum samples collected from end-stage heart failure patients receiving left ventricular assist device implantation (LVAD) or heart transplantation will provide information regarding the basic science of heart disease. Tissue and serum samples collected from a limited numbers of "healthy controls" (donors that their grafts won't be utilized) ...Location: Intermountain Medical Center Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 11:39AMMain purpose of the study: To test the impact of a combined non invasive, "anatomo-functional" cardiac imaging strategy on the detection and management of ischemic heart disease.Location: LUMC Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 12:56AMCardiac surgery relieves symptoms and increases life expectancy in cardiac patients, with and without congenital heart disease (CHD). However, cardiac surgery involves many risks of complications, such as bleeding, arrhythmias, and death.Right ventricular failure is another complication, contributing to poor clinical outcome. Right ventricular failure is a clinical syndr...Location: Academic Medical Center Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 31, 10 08:10AMCongenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of birth defect but the cause for the majority of cardiac birth defects remains unknown. Numerous epidemiologic studies have demonstrated evidence that genetic factors likely play a contributory, if not causative, role in CHD. The investigators are researching the potential genetic causes of congenital heart disease ...Location: Nationwide Children's Hospital Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Mar 16, 11 07:00AMBackground: - African Americans have one of the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in the United States, and often have other medical problems related to obesity and cardiovascular disease. These conditions have various risk factors, including high blood sugar levels, high cholesterol levels, and insulin resistance. However, these risk factors have not been studied very ...Location: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, ... Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Mar 23, 11 08:00AMThe objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and appropriate dose of iloprost for inhalation in the treatment of postoperative pulmonary hypertension in children with congenital heart defects.Location: Cardiac intensive Care Unit,Department of Thora... Status: Completed» Read more
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May 25, 11 07:10AMThe purpose of this study is to estimate the risk of myocardial infarction (MI)/coronary death associated with use of monotherapy low dose ASA (single antiplatelet) as well as concomitant use of monotherapy low dose ASA and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in patients with serious coronary heart disease using two UK primary care databases.Location: Research Site Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Jul 19, 11 06:10AMThe purpose of this study is to evaluate CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE UTILITIES IN THE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE as topographical correlation between ischemic territory injury and coronary angiography.Location: Maria Cecilia Hospital Status: Recruiting» Read more
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