Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in Postmenopausal Women (FEMCAD)

RWTH Aachen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postmenopausal Women; Stable Angina Pectoris

Treatments: Procedure: stress-MRI; Procedure: stress-echocardiography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00763464

CAD female 2006-MB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of this study is the determination of a valid procedure for ischemia diagnositc in postmenopausal women.

Full description

In order to investigate which ischemia diagnostic presents which sensitivity and specificity for postmenopausal women, 100 consecutive patients presenting to our abmulance with stable angina pectoris and indication for myocardial szintigraphy will be enrolled in this study. An addidional stress-echocardiography and stress-MRI will be performed in this patients before they will reiceve their again routine coronay angiography.

The different methods for ischemia diagnostic will be compared in order to determine the most valid method for this specific population.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postmenopausal women presenting to the hospital with stable Angina pectoris complaints and an indication for myocardial szintigraphy

Exclusion criteria

• CABG
• Pacemaker or other metal implants
• Chronic bronchitis
• Asthma bronchiale
• Arterial Hypotension

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)