
The Del Nido Versus Cold Blood Cardioplegia in Aortic Valve Replacement
Aortic Valve DiseaseIschemia-reperfusion InjuryA group of 150 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement procedure will be randomized either into del Nido cardioprotection protocol (75 participants) or into the cold blood cardioplegia protocol (75 participants). The intraoperative and perioperative outcomes of using each solution will be presented and compared (see the endpoints).

Rescue Intracranial Stenting in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute StrokeIschemic Stroke9 moreIn acute ischemic stroke caused by intracranial large vessel occlusion, rescue intracranial stenting has been recently a treatment option to achieve recanalization in patients with the failure of mechanical thrombectomy. Nevertheless, there are few studies supporting this beneficial treatment in two cerebral circulations. We aimed to analyse whether the use of rescue intracranial stenting would improve prognosis of patients at 3 months.

Time for a Paradigm Shift: STEMI/NSTEMI to OMI/NOMI ?
Myocardial InfarctionMyocardial IschemiaThe current ST-segment elevation (STEMI)/non-STEMI treatment paradigm misses nearly one fourth of acute coronary occlusions (ACO) that needs immediately reperfusion. Many of these cases can be recognized by subtle changes on ECG, but the current STEMI criteria do not include them. The investigators of this research believe a new occlusive/non-occlusive myocardial infarction (OMI/NOMI) approach will be superior to the established STEMI/non-STEMI paradigm in early detection of ACO, limiting infarct size, reducing re-hospitalizations and most important of all, reducing mortality.

CAPTURE Registration Trial of the Thrombectomy System for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke....
Acute Ischemic StrokeAs this will be a pre-market registration trial, in which devices will be used in accordance with appropriately labeled indications, pre-study notifications and approval requests will be addressed with CFDA. All trial results will be shared with CFDA.

Clopidogrel for Acute Ischaemia of Recent Onset
Ischemic Cerebrovascular AccidentEvaluate the role of loading Clopidogrel in acute ischemic stroke in improving neurological outcome of stroke in cases patients will be non-eligible for, or declined, treatment with or intravenous thrombolysis with rTPA, rTPA is not available or thrombectomy.

Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography Randomization for Graft Optimization Trial
Coronary Artery DiseaseCoronary Disease3 moreThe FARGO trial is a prospective, randomized (1:1), multicenter study. The aim of the study is to assess the importance of fractional flow reserve (FFR) assessment prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with respect to planning and guiding the revascularization strategy. The study compares an FFR-guided strategy to an angiography-guided strategy in patients planned for surgical revascularization.

A Trial Comparing Routine Versus Selective Use of Completion Angiography After Surgical Thromboembolectomy...
Acute Limb Ischemiathis randomized controlled trial will compare the impact of routine use of completion angiography versus using it on selective bases after thromboembolectomy in patients with acute lower limb ischemia and their impact on limb salvage rates

Complete Lesion Assessment With ffR and IVUS TechnologY
Peripheral Artery DiseaseCritical Limb IschemiaCLARITY I is a pilot study to identify the clinically appropriate endpoint(s) of a larger, statistically powered pivotal trial for treatment of patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI).

Home-based Exercises for Patients With Stroke
Cerebrovascular DisordersBrain Infarction2 moreThe aim of this study is the development and the implementation of a new protocol about home-based exercises, supported by an illustrated manual, for the treatment of individuals with stroke. The hypothesis is that this group of patients who are going to carry out the training of this study protocol are going to show improvement in measured parameters (functionality and physical performance), which allows this protocol to be improved and published as a proposal of physiotherapeutic treatment.

COMPETE: A Clinical Evaluation of Chrono Carbostent Carbofilm™ Coated Stent
Coronary Atherosclerotic DiseaseCoronary Occlusive Diseases3 moreThe COMPETE study is a prospective,randomized,two-arm multi-center clinical trial comparing two commercially available coronary stents: Chrono Carbostent Carbofilm™ Coated vs Driver/Micro-Driver Coronary Stent System. In this study, 204 subjects will be included (2:1 randomization Chrono:Driver/Micro Driver) in 6 Italian sites.