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Circulating blood cell populations in pateints with Diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease: studies on cellular functions

Recruiting
Conditions
10011082
coronary artery disease
diabetes mellitus
10018424
Registration Number
NL-OMON30945
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
136
Inclusion Criteria

•Diabetes mellitus: Diabetes type II, compensated with diet and/or oral medication.
•CAD: History of coronary artery disease >2 years, no myocardial infarction in the last 6 months.
•AMI: >3-fold increase of CK (CK-MB) levels. Patients with coronary artery disease in their early period after Acute Myocardial Infarction (day 4 - 7 post-infarction) will be recruited.
•Controls: patients diagnosed with hypertension, arrhythmias and/or heart valvular diseases; subjects should be age-matched with the above mentioned groups (subjects <45 years or >75 years old will be excluded).

Exclusion Criteria

•Anemia (Hb<8 g/L)
•Acute infectious diseases (e.g., pneumonia, urinary tract infections, anaphylactic shock etc.)
•Acute inflammation other than AMI (elevated leukocyte number)
•Acute conditions (surgery, stroke, thromboembolism etc)
•Single or multiorgan failure (heart failure NYHA III/IV, lung, liver, kidneys)
•Chronic inflammatory diseases (chronic kidney diseases, rheumatoid arthritis)
•Malignant diseases (or recent history of malignant diseases <1 year)
•Malignant arterial hypertension
•Hormonal treatment (thyroid hormones-T3/T4 not included) or anti-inflammatory drugs
•Genetic disorders (Down syndrome, X&Y chromosome syndrome), family hypercholesterolemia, genetic dyslipidemia
•Psychiatric abnormalities

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Possible differences between the study groups in number, phenotype or function<br /><br>will be statistically analyzed.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>not applicable</p><br>
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