Elevated Plasma Level of CD144-Positive Endothelium-Derived-Microparticles Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events in Patients at High-Risk for Coronary Artery Desease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Patients at high-risk for coronary artery disease
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000000876
- Lead Sponsor
- Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria for the study were severe valvular heart disease requiring surgical intervention, plan for coronary revascularization, active infection, and malignant disease. Patients with ACS were also excluded because they had a significantly higher cardiovascular event ratio than that of stable CAD patients.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The end points were any of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, fatal or nonfatal ischemic stroke, or coronary revascularization to new lesions.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method