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Aug 23, 10 11:49AMThe study is designed to determine whether SCH 530348, when added to the existing standard of care (eg, aspirin, clopidogrel) for preventing heart attack and stroke in patients with acute coronary syndrome, will yield additional benefit over the existing standard of care in preventing heart attack and stroke. The study is also designed to assess risk of bleeding with SC...Location: Investigational Site 2608 Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 08:14PMAZD6140 is a new, reversible, anti-platelet medication. Anti-platelet medications work to prevent the formation of blood clots. AZD6140 is being developed as a treatment for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). ACS is a term that is used to describe both heart attacks in progress or the imminent threat of a heart attack. ACS is usually caused by the formation...Location: Research Site Status: Completed» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 08:33PMThe purpose of this trial is to compare post-conditioning to standard angioplasty (50/50 chance) in patients who present with an acute heart attack and are taken directly for an angioplasty procedure. Post conditioning is a procedure that involves balloon inflation followed by deflation in a series of cycles that appears to show (based on early data) that it can decrease...Location: Foothills Medical Centre Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 07:14AMThis study will test whether darapladib can safely lower the chances of having a cardiovascular event (such as a heart attack or stroke) when treatment is started within 30 days after an acute coronary syndrome (also called ACS).Location: GSK Investigational Site Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 24, 10 12:19AMThe primary hypothesis of this study is that circulating endothelial cells (CECs) harbor key genetic and structural characteristics predisposing individuals to acute atherosclerotic plaque rupture and heart attack.Location: Scrippshealth Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 24, 10 03:53AMContinuing to smoke after having a heart attack greatly increases the risk of death and cardiac illness. The nicotine patch is a commonly used pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation and has great potential to help heart attack patients quit smoking. However, due to safety concerns, physicians are often hesitant to prescribe the nicotine patch to patients who have just suf...Location: SMDB Jewish General Hospital Status: Suspended» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 06:35AMThe goal of this research is to improve communication to Veterans. The investigators want to improve how doctors and nurses talk to patients about the risk of heart attack and stroke. The investigators will give everyone in the study information about the risk for heart attack or stroke. The investigators will also provide information on how to reduce this risk. This...Location: Durham VA Medical Center Status: Completed» Read more
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Aug 24, 10 04:56AMAccurate detection of a heart attack (an acute myocardial infarction) is one of the most pressing needs in medicine. Recordings of the EKG (electrical activity of the heart) are one of the first tools used to diagnose a heart attack, but the EKG is not very accurate, especially at the beginning of a heart attack. A new technique for analysing a special part of the EKG...Location: Soroka University Medical Center Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Mar 25, 11 07:10AMThe investigators wish to examine whether a novel 'nanoparticle' of iron oxide, administered intravenously allows an area of heart muscle damage after heart attack to be visualised using a magnetic resonance scanner.Location: University of Edinburgh Status: Recruiting» Read more
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May 10, 12 07:00AMThe purpose of this study is to test if an early appointment (within 10 days) when compared to a standard appointment (5 weeks) will affect attendance at the Cardiac Rehabilitation orientation and subsequent enrollment into cardiac rehabilitation.Location: Henry Ford Hospital Status: Active, not recruiting» Read more
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