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Do Fish Oils Prevent Restenosis Post-Coronary Angioplasty?

Launched by NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI) · Oct 27, 1999

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Current as of September 08, 2024

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Description

BACKGROUND: Coronary angioplasty is a non-surgical means of mechanical coronary artery revascularization with the potential of reducing or eliminating severe coronary arterial narrowing which results in myocardial ischemia. Since its innovation, the technique of coronary angioplasty has undergone continuous refinement, so that a greater proportion of patients are now eligible for this increasingly successful procedure. All clinical syndromes associated with coronary artery disease, including chronic stable angina, silent myocardial ischemia, unstable angina, and acute myocardial infarction...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Men and women with coronary heart disease in the native coronary arteries. Patients were symptomatic or had 50 percent or greater stenosis as defined by coronary angiography.
  • Patients had not undergone prior angioplasty.

About Sponsor

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

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Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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