NCT01521351

Natural History of Carotid Atherosclerosis

A Prospective Natural History Study of Carotid Atherosclerosis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 700 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A prospective study of 700 patients with coronary artery disease will undergo non invasive evaluation of their carotid arteries by ultrasound and microwave radiometry. The patients will be followed up for 3 years and their outcome regarding the cardiovascular events (death, cardiac events, cerebrovascular events) will be recorded

Detailed description

Carotid artery Thermal heterogeneity recorded by MR will be corelated to cardiovascular events (death, cardiac events, cerebrovascular events) as well as to all demographic (age, sex, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking status, etc) factors

Conditions

• Carotid Artery Disease
• Stroke
• Myocardial Infarction
• Angina Pectoris

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-06-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2012-01-30
• Last updated: 2019-09-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece