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Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease Severity by Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness

Egypt200 participantsStarted 2017-11-01

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is to test the hypotheses that epicardial adipose tissue can be a marker of severity of coronary artery disease in myocardial infarction patients

Age range90 Years

SexALL

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✕. contraindication for cardiac magnetic resonance.
✕. Patients who previously underwent coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary angiography prior to admission
✕. history of chronic kidney disease with glomerular filtration rate \<30 mL/min
✕. pericardial and/or pleural effusion.

measurement of epicardial adipose tissue as marker of severity of coronary artery disease in myocardial infarction patients.

Timeframe: one year

NCT IDNCT03308539

SponsorOsama Fekry

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-12-01

jacqueline george, master