5,179
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2019
Study Completion Date
May 30, 2023
cardiac catheterization
Narrowed blood vessels can be opened without surgery using stents or can be bypassed with surgery. To determine which is the best approach for you the doctor needs to look at your blood vessels to see where the narrowings are and how much narrowing there is. This is done by a procedure known as a cardiac catheterization.
coronary artery bypass graft surgery
"Artery narrowing is bypassed during surgery with a healthy artery or vein from another part of the body. This is known as coronary artery bypass grafting, or CABG (said, cabbage). The surgery creates new routes around narrowed and blocked heart arteries. This allows more blood flow to the heart."
percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention may be done as part of the cardiac catheterization procedure. With this procedure a small, hollow, mesh tube (stent) is inserted into the narrowed part of the artery. The stent pushes the plaque against the artery wall, and opens the vessel to allow better blood flow.
Lifestyle
diet, physical activity, smoking cessation
Medication
antiplatelet, statin, other lipid lowering, antihypertensive, and anti-ischemic medical therapies
Instituto Neuro Cardiovascular De Las Americas, Miraflores
University Clinic of Cardiology, Skopje
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Cardiology, Vienna
Eszszk- Szent Istvan Hospital, Budapest
Military Hospital, Budapest, Budapest
Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest
Auckland City Hospital, Auckland
John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights
University Hospital Leuven, Leuven
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Benito Juárez
Waikato Hospital, Hamilton
Clinica Del Prado, Córdoba
Clinica Romagosa and Clinica De La Familia, Córdoba
Clínica Privada Vélez Sarsfield, Córdoba
Instituto Medico DAMIC, Córdoba
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South
Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth
University of Szeged, Szeged
Cardiocentro, Lugano
Groote Schuur Hospital / University of Cape Town, Cape Town
Hospital Italiano Regional del Sur Bahia Blanca, Bahía Blanca
LKH Graz West Austria, Graz
VA New York Harbor Health Care System, New York
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
NYU Langone Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital, New York
NYU New York Medical Associates, New York
Mount Sinai Saint Luke's Hospital, New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok
Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei
NYU-HHC Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, The Bronx
Jacobi Medical Center, The Bronx
NYP Medical Medical Group Hudson Valley Cardiology, Cortlandt Manor
Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade; Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade
University Clinical Hospital Zvezdara, Belgrade
University Hospital Center Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade
Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac
Northwell Health - Manhasset, Manhasset
Ospedale Regionale Umberto Parini, Aosta
NYU-HHC Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn
New York -Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn
NYU-HHC Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn
Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn
New York University - Langone Cardiovascular Associates, Flushing
King AbdulAziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh
NYU Winthrop, Mineola
Cairo University, Cairo
Azienda Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo
Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany
Samuel Stratton VA Medical Center of Albany NY, Albany
Capital Cardiology Associates, Albany
Cardiology Associates of Schenectady P.C., Schenectady
Mid Valley Cardiology, Kingston
"Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez", Mexico City
University of Rochester, Rochester
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC) Sergas, Department of Cardiology. INIBIC A Coruña. CIBER-CV. Universidad de A Coruña, Spain, A Coruña
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Johnstown
Holy Spirit Hospital Cardiovascular Institute, Camp Hill
Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Nis, Niš
Saint Luke's Hospital and Health Network, Bethlehem
Doylestown Health Cardiology, Doylestown
Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (MI), Rozzano
NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
Policlinico di Monza, Monza MB, Monza
Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia and Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Kamenitz
Winchester Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, PC, Winchester
Cardiovascular Associates, Ltd., Chesapeake
Stroobants Cardiovascular Center, Lynchburg
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid
C.H. Louis Pasteur, Châtres
Hospital La Paz. IdiPaz, Madrid
Asheville Cardiology Associates, Asheville
Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur
HUVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen De La Arrixaca, Murcia
Emory University, Atlanta
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
Daytona Heart Group, Daytona Beach
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
Malcom Randall VAMC, Gainesville
Azienda Servizi Sanitaria n.3 Alto Friuli-Collinare-Medio Friuli, Tolmezzo
University of South Florida, Tampa
Cardiovascular Center of Sarasota, Sarasota
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota
University of Padua- Cardiology Clinic, Padua
UAB Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Birmingham
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble
University of Louisville, Louisville
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington
Ohio Health Grant Medical Center, Columbus
Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland
Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati
Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia
Indiana University/Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indianapolis
"Ospedale G.B. Morgagni - L. Pierantoni Forli (AUSL della Romagna)", Forlì
Providence - Providence Park Hospital, Southfield
Michigan Heart, PC, Ypsilanti
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza
Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Chiang Mai
Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Davenport
Universitatsklinikum Bonn, Bonn
UO Cardiologia Ospedale SS Cosma e Damiano, Pescia
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse
HealthEast Saint Joseph's Hospital, Saint Paul
Minneapolis VAMC, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Sanford Health, Fargo
Cardiology and CCU - Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood
Advanced Heart Care Group, Fairview Heights
Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City
Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City
Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv
Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart
Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana, Lake Charles
"IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo
Oklahoma Heart Institute, Tulsa
Bichat Hospital, Paris
Baylor Research Institute at Legacy Heart Center, Plano
The Heart Hospital Baylor, Plano
V.A. North Texas Health Care System, Dallas
Wichita Falls Heart Clinic, Wichita Falls
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston
Houston Heart & Vascular Associates, Houston
Medicus Alliance Clinical Research Org., Inc., Sugar Land
Audie Murphy V.A., San Antonio
South Denver Cardiology Associates, P.C., Littleton
Clinica Mediterranea, Naples
"AORN Dei Colli V. Monaldi UOC Cardiologia Università della Campania L.Vanvitelli", Napoli
Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland
Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City
Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance
Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes
Ambroise Pare Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt
Antoine-Beclere Hospital, Clamart
Coastal Heart Medical Group, Santa Ana
University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange
UCSF - Fresno Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford
Kaiser Permanente San Jose, San Jose
VA Palo Alto HealthCare System, Palo Alto
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland
University of Washington Medical Center, Bellevue
Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing
Liangxiang Hospital, Beijing Fangshan District, Beijing
Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi
Fortis Escort Heart Institute, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre (BHMRC), New Delhi
Fortis Healthcare Fl.t Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi
Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian
National University Heart Center Singapore, Singapore
National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascuar Surgery, Moscow
Hero DMC Heart Institute, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana
National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg
North-Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg
King George's Medical University, Department of Cardiology, Lucknow
Qingdao Fuwai Hospital, Qingdao
Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining
TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, Tianjing
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou
Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville
Ruby Hall Clinic,Grant Medical Foundation, Pune
KEM Hospital Pune, Pune
Tongji Medical College, Wuhan
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou
CARE Nampally, Hyderabad
Gurunanak CARE Hospital, Hyderabad
CARE Hospital, Hyderabad
Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore
Apollo Research and Innovation, Chennai
Apollo Research & Innovations, Hyderabad
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry
E.Meshalkin National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Novosibirsk
Government Medical College, Calicut
MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Kolenchery
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xian
First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Ürümqi
Hospital TotalCor, São Paulo
Hospital Sao Vicente de Paulo, Fundo
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Boston Medical Center, Boston
VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury
Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, Worcester
Covenant Medical Center, Inc., Saginaw
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Pomona
Hackensack University Medical Center, Saddle Brook
Miriam Hospital, Providence
Kent Hospital, Warwick
VAMC-White River Junction, White River Junction
Fundacion Favaloro, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Vienna
Fundacao Bahiana de Cardilogia, Salvador
Hospital Lifecenter, Belo Horizonte
Hospital Maternidade e Pronto Socorro Santa Lucia, Poços de Caldas
Quanta Diagnostico & Terapia, Curitiba
Hospital Cardiologico Costantini, Curitiba
Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Botafogo
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre
Hospital Sao Lucas da Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sol, Porto Alegre
Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Ibirapuera
Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto
Hospital da Bahia, Salvador
Unifesp - Hospital Sao Paulo, São Paulo
Heart Institute (InCor) University of São Paulo, São Paulo
Hospital Celso Pierro, São Paulo
University of Calgary, Calgary
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver
West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Grimsby
Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton
London Health Sciences Centre, London
Dixie Medical Group, Mississauga
Dr. James Cha, Oshawa
Scarborough Cardiology Research, Scarborough Village
Saint Catharines General Hospital, St. Catharines
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Women's College Hospital, Toronto
University Health Network, Toronto
Northwest GTA Cardiovascular and Heart Rhythm Program, Vaughan
Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal
Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Montréal, Montreal
CISSSL - Hopital Pierre-Le Gardeur, Terrebonne
Centre Hospitalier de Regional Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivières
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa
Tangshan Gongren Hospital, Tangshan
Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, Wuhan
Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong Science and Tech University, Wuhan
Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital, Taiyuan
Praxisklinik Herz Und Gefaesse, Dresden
University Hospital Jena, Jena
George Gottsegen National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita-shi
Saitama Medical University, Hidaka
Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-Ku
Vilnius University Hospital Santariskes Clinic, Vilnius
Cardio Research Hartcentrum OLVG, Amsterdam
Radboudumc, Nijmegen
Isala Klinieken, Zwolle
T.Marciniak Hospital, Wroclaw
Department of Coronary Disease, John Paul II Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow
Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Infant Jesus Teaching Hospital, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw
Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases Department, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw
Department of Interventional Cardiology & Angiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw
Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Warsaw
Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw
University Hospital in Bialystok, Bialystok
Medical University of Silesia, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Department of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Diseases and Electrotherapy, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze
Szpital Kliniczny Przemienienia Pańskiego, Poznan
Military Hospital / Medical University, Wroclaw
Cardiology Clinic, Medical University in Lodz, Lodz
Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisbon
Santa Maria University Hospital, Cardiology Department, CHLN, Lisbon
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, EPE, Vila Nova de Gaia
Emergency County Hospital Baia Mare, Baia Mare
Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases ''Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu'', Bucharest
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona
Hospital De Bellvitge, Barcelona
Karolinska Institutet at Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm
Uppsala University, Uppsala
Belfast Trust, Belfast
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Bedford
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS FT, Luton
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough
The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth
Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester
The University of Hull/Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham
Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford
Southend University Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Oldham
Northwick Park Hospital Harrow/ Royal Brompton Hospital London, Harrow
South Eastern Health and Social Care, Belfast
Cardiovascular Research Unit, Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon
Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
University of Glasgow, Clydebank
Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford
Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/Barts Health NHS Trust, London
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London
King's College NHS Foundation Hospital, London
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Central Manchester University Hospital, Manchester
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New York University
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Stanford University
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center
FED
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
OTHER
Columbia University
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Duke University
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East Carolina University
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Emory University
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Harvard University
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Montreal Heart Institute
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University of British Columbia
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University of Missouri, Kansas City
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Vanderbilt University
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NYU Langone Health
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