Relation of Carotid Artery Plaque Inflammation, Covert Stroke and White Matter Disease The investigators hypothesize that inflammation in carotid plaque is predictive of the extent of ischemic lesion burden on the brain and will add to risk stratification for individuals wit...

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Study to Develop a Non-invasive Marker for Monitoring Myocardial Fibrosis The objective is to determine whether 99Technetium-NC100692 uptake in patients with ACS (MI) can serve as a marker for scar formation as detected by contrast-enhanced MRI during the proces...

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Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel Effect on MFR in CAD Population Ticagrelor is one of 3 anti-platelet medications used in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to prevent further clot formation and further ischemic damage to myocardial tissue. Ove...

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Cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) Imaging of Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF) (SPECT MBF) This study is being done to compare the blood flow measurements obtained with the SPECT and PET imaging scans. Measurements such as myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve ...

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Reference Population for Speckle Tracking Imaging The SCAR study uses a software program entitled QLAB, a proprietory program, developed by Philips Healthcare (Philips Healthcare, Andover, MA). Literature on two-dimensional speckle tracki...

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Study to Monitor the Effects of Androgen Suppression Treatment on the Heart Suppression of effects of androgens with male sex hormones, androgen suppression treatment (AST), has been known to reduce deaths and prolong life in advanced prostate cancer. There have, ...

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