Inflammation and Coronary Endothelial Function

Summary

The investigators are studying whether anti-inflammatory agents can improve abnormal coronary artery function in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and abnormal coronary artery endothelial function.

Timeline

Start

2015-01

Primary completion

2020-08-01

Completion

2020-09-01

Publications

• Background Everett BM, Pradhan AD, Solomon DH, Paynter N, Macfadyen J, Zaharris E, Gupta M, Clearfield M, Libby P, Hasan AA, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM. Rationale and design of the Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial: a test of the inflammatory hypothesis of atherothrombosis. Am Heart J. 2013 Aug;166(2):199-207.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.018. Epub 2013 May 3.
• Background Nidorf SM, Eikelboom JW, Budgeon CA, Thompson PL. Low-dose colchicine for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Jan 29;61(4):404-410. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.027. Epub 2012 Dec 19.
• Background Hays AG, Hirsch GA, Kelle S, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG, Stuber M. Noninvasive visualization of coronary artery endothelial function in healthy subjects and in patients with coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Nov 9;56(20):1657-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.036.
• Background Hays AG, Stuber M, Hirsch GA, Yu J, Schar M, Weiss RG, Gerstenblith G, Kelle S. Non-invasive detection of coronary endothelial response to sequential handgrip exercise in coronary artery disease patients and healthy adults. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058047. Epub 2013 Mar 11.
• Background Hays AG, Kelle S, Hirsch GA, Soleimanifard S, Yu J, Agarwal HK, Gerstenblith G, Schar M, Stuber M, Weiss RG. Regional coronary endothelial function is closely related to local early coronary atherosclerosis in patients with mild coronary artery disease: pilot study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 May 1;5(3):341-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.969691. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
• Background Weiss RG, Bottomley PA, Hardy CJ, Gerstenblith G. Regional myocardial metabolism of high-energy phosphates during isometric exercise in patients with coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med. 1990 Dec 6;323(23):1593-600. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199012063232304.
• Hays AG, Schar M, Bonanno G, Lai S, Meyer J, Afework Y, Steinberg A, Stradley S, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG. Randomized Trial of Anti-inflammatory Medications and Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Stable Coronary Disease. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Oct 15;8:728654. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.728654. eCollection 2021.

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