Exercise Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Accuracy for Cardiovascular Stress Testing

Status:	Active, not recruiting
Conditions:	Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiology
Therapuetic Areas:	Cardiology / Vascular Diseases
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	18 - Any
Updated:	4/21/2016
Start Date:	August 2010
End Date:	December 2016

An In-state Multi-center Evaluation of Treadmill Exercise Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

This study is being done to demonstrate a powerful new method for detecting heart disease
that combines the proven prognostic capability of exercise stress testing with the superior
image quality of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR). The investigators hope to
demonstrate that exercise CMR has equivalent or superior diagnostic accuracy compared to
exercise stress SPECT for detecting obstructive artery disease.

Inclusion Criteria:

- any patient referred for stress SPECT

- known or suspected ischemic heart disease

- ability to perform adequate treadmill stress

Exclusion Criteria:

- any contraindication to MRI (e.g. ferromagnetic foreign body, cerebral aneurysm clip,
pacemaker/ICD, severe claustrophobia)

- renal insufficiency (GFR < 40)

- known allergy to gadolinium-based contrast or iodinated contrast (because of the
research CTA in patients not referred for cath after 2 weeks)

We found this trial at

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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

200 Lothrop St
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213