Among patients with stable ischemic heart disease who are referred for coronary angiography, a substantial proportion have non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Ischemia based on symptoms or stress testing may be due to coronary microvascular dysfunction in up to 40% of these patients. However, the mechanisms and optimal treatment of coronary microvascular dysfunction are unknown. Aberrant platelet activity and inflammation have been hypothesized as mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction. Investigators plan to evaluate association between platelet activity, inflammation, and coronary microvascular dysfunction in stable women referred for coronary angiography, and to identify non-invasive correlates of coronary microvascular dysfunction in these patients.
The objectives of this study are to 1. Investigate platelet activity and inflammation in patients with and without coronary microvascular disease who are referred for coronary angiography for the evaluation of stable ischemic heart disease and are found to have non-obstructuve epicardial CAD 2. To identify correlates of coronary microvascular dysfunction in non coronary microvascular beds that can be characterized in vivo.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
206
After diagnostic catheterization, intravenous bivalirudin (Angiomax) will be administered as part of the research procedure, and a 6F-guiding catheter without side holes will be used to engage the ostium of the coronary artery.
An intravenous infusion of adenosine (140 μg/kg/min) will be administered via a large peripheral or central vein to induce steady-state maximal hyperemia.
Heparin may be used as an alternative to bivalirudin at the discretion of the interventional cardiologist.
Abbott's Pressure Wire X will be used to measure fractional flow reserve (FFR), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and Index of Microcirculatory Resistance (IMR) in the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery and major epicardial coronary vessels associated with myocardial ischemia.
Medtronic's 6F Launcher Guide Catheter will be used to engage the left main coronary artery.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Platelet Activity measured by the Index of Microcirculatory Resistance (IMR)
Time frame: 12 Months
Measure of Inflammation measured by the Index of Microcirculatory Resistance (IMR)
Time frame: 12 Months
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