Assessment of cardiac involvements in rheumatic diseases : Detecting cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and inflammatory biomarker approach
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- rheumatic disease
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000022503
- Lead Sponsor
- ihon University Itabashi Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 132
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Participants were excluded if they had prior self-reported, physician-diagnosed cardiovascular events or procedures, such as myocardial infarction, angioplasty, and congestive heart failure. Diabetes(HbA1c > 6.1 %), hypertension(systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg), dyslipidemia(LDL cholesterol levels > 140 mg/dL, HDL cholesterol levels < 40 mg/dL, triglyceride levels > 150 mg/dL) were excluded. Furthermore, exclusions were patients who were contraindicated of MRI contrast agent, and who couldn't examine MRI e.g. people containing the cardiac pace maker and so on.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method