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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Endothelial Dysfunction

A Pilot Study of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Detection of Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities in Endothelial Dysfunction

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The goal of this research study is to demonstrate that Cardiac Perfusion MRI with Vasomotor Stress may serve as a non-invasive and less risky imaging technique for detecting non-obstructive perfusion deficits and/or abnormalities in myocardial blood flow (MBF) in patients with endothelial dysfunction. This is a controlled study, which will enroll approximately 60 subjects (30 diabetics and 30 non-diabetics to serve as healthy controls), and will include male and non-pregnant females, between the ages 18-50 years. All eligible participants will sign an informed consent and will complete a Lifestyle Questionnaire. They will undergo blood work which includes: * 2-hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Fasting Labs for Glucose, Insulin, C-Peptide, HbA1c, Creatinine, and Lipid Panel. * Urine Albumin to Creatinine ratio for microalbuminuria. * Serum inflammatory markers: E-selectin, homocysteine, ADMA, VCAM, IL-6, TNFalpha, hs-CRP and PAI-1. After blood work, all participants will undergo cardiac MR perfusion imaging procedure with Cold Pressor Test and Adenosine Stress Test.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURECardiac Perfusion MRI w Vasomotor StressAll participants will undergo Cardiac Perfusion MRI with Vasomotor Stress. Vasomotor Stress will include both Cold Pressor Test and Adenosine Stress Test.

Timeline

Start date
2009-02-01
Primary completion
2010-02-01
Completion
2010-03-01
First posted
2008-12-16
Last updated
2009-02-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00808535. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.