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NCT00573027
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Heart Disease of the Small Arteries in Women and Men

Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Summary

Women suffer disproportionately than men from Cardiac Syndrome X ( chest pain in the absence of flow limiting coronary artery stenosis). Coronary microvascular disease is hypothesized to mediate chest pain in this syndrome. This disorder of the small heart vessels (arterioles) compared to the large vessels (arteries) is not diagnosed during routine heart catheterization. This results in delays in diagnosis, missed opportunities for treatment, and likely contributes to the increased death rate from coronary heart disease in women compared to men. Current testing for small vessel disease is performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory using specialized testing and is not performed routinely. Accordingly, women with this condition are either falsely reassured, or misdiagnosed as another non-cardiac condition. Unnecessary healthcare costs related to re-hospitalization and repeat angiography are incurred, while women are often not initiated on appropriate lifesaving treatment. We and others have demonstrated in randomized controlled trials that therapies that target the endothelium, e.g. statins, ACE inhibitors, and exercise are effective in this condition. Majority of women with Cardiac Syndorme X go undiagnosed. Recent studies have shown significant increased health care costs, morbidity and mortality related to this disease. It is becoming more important to further characterize this group of patients and we hope to do that with our study.

Official title: Coronary Microvascular Disease and Endothelial Function in Women and Men

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

634

Start Date

2005-11

Completion Date

2040-01

Last Updated

2023-09-01

Healthy Volunteers

No

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

noninvasive tests

clinically indicated coronary angiography with adenosine coronary flow reserve measurement and acetylcholine provocative testing in the cardiac catheterization laboratory; Peripheral Artery Tonometry (PAT) testing; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) imaging.

Locations (1)

Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center

Los Angeles, California, United States