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Effectiveness of Intensive Lipid Modification Medication in Preventing the Progression of Peripheral Arterial Disease (The ELIMIT Study) (External Link)
PAD occurring in the legs is a serious disease that affects about 8 million people in the United States. A person's risk for PAD increases with age but can also …
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Diet, Exercise, Niacin, and Fenofibrate to Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With HIV Lipodystrophy or Dyslipidemia (External Link)
BACKGROUND: HIV lipodystrophy syndrome is associated with both metabolic (e.g., dyslipidemia and insulin resistance) and anthropomorphic (e.g., lipoatrophy and central obesity) abnormalities. These defects are likely to predispose HIV patients …
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Corticosteroids in Postoperative Critically Ill Neonates With Low Cardiac Output Syndrome With Congenital Heart Disease (External Link)
The study will be prospective. Patients who meet entry criteria will be randomized to receive corticosteroids versus placebo. Randomization will take into account biventricular versus univentricular repairs/palliations and whether the …
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Effects of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Cardiovascular Health in Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers (External Link)
BACKGROUND: HIV-infected pregnant women frequently receive HAART, which is associated with reduced maternal-fetal transmission of HIV infection. This has resulted in a rapidly increasing number of seroreverters (HIV-uninfected infants born …
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A Comparison of Renal Perfusion in Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm (TAAA) Repair (External Link)
Despite improvements in surgical techniques and postoperative care, renal dysfunction has consistently remained a significant and potentially lethal complication after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair. In an attempt to alleviate …
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Intervention for Stroke Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers (External Link)
This 5-year randomized intervention study uses an advanced practice nurse, with the assistance of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, to provide education, support, skill training, counseling, and social and community linkages …
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Stem Cell Transplant for Patients With Blood Malignancy Using Donors and Less Toxic Chemotherapy With CAMPATH 1H (External Link)
This is a two arm study in which outcomes will be assessed independently in recipients of HLA matched sibling transplants and recipients of unrelated or mismatched family donor transplants, although …
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Study of Phenotype and Genotype Correlations in Patients With Contiguous Gene Deletion Syndromes (External Link)
PROTOCOL OUTLINE: Patients undergo clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular studies. These include radiographic, neurologic, developmental, and 24 hour sleep studies, ophthalmologic, otolaryngologic, speech and language, and audiologic exams, echocardiogram, and renal …
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Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Specific Cytotoxic T-Cells, Relapsed Lymphoma, ANGEL (External Link)
The investigators will take 60-70 ml (12 teaspoonfuls) of blood from the patient to make a B cell line called a lymphoblastoid cell line or LCL by infecting the blood …
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Improving Hypertension Care for Inner City Minorities (External Link)
BACKGROUND: The study was in response to a demonstration and education initiative, "Improving Hypertensive Care for Inner City Minorities", which was reviewed and approved by the Clinical Applications and Prevention …
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