Prevalence of Coronary Artery Disease in the Siblings of Premature Coronary Heart Disease

Yonsei University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Coronary Heart Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00918242

20090616

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this prospective study is to investigate the prevalence of coronary artery disease using computed tomography with family history of premature coronary heart disease

Enrollment: 87 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• within 1 year
• the siblings of premature coronary heart disease (male<55years old, female<65yeasrs old: Framingham Heart Study) patients admitted relevant hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Documented coronary heart disease
• experienced adverse events with relevant treatment
• contraindicated with beta-blockers
• Any woman of childbearing potential who is pregnant, seeking to become pregnant or suspects