Coronary artery disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with stable or unstable angina or documented silent ischemia with de novo coronary lesions scheduled to undergo PCI. The inclusion criteria were lesions with a reference vessel diameter between 2.0mm-3.0mm and a lesion length of = or <25mm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) left ventricular ejection fraction <30% (2) known renal failure (creatinine >2mg/dl) (3) acute myocardial infarction within the previous 48 hours (4) known hypersensitivity or contraindication to the required medication (5) history of vasospastic angina (6) life expectancy <1 year (7) previous intervention to the same vessel
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The coronary vasoreactivity (the change in luminal diameter of beginning 5 mm and ending 15 mm distal to the end of the treated segment) in response to acetylcholine infusion into the coronary artery at follow-up angiography | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Restenosis and late lumen loss at follow-up angiography Major adverse cardiac events (all-cause death, myocardial infarction and target lesion revascularization) Canadian Cardiovascular Society grading of angina pectoris after treatment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Osaka General Medical Center Division of cardiology