Safety and efficacy of direct cardiac shockwave therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (the CAST-HF trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial—an update

Abstract Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a severe socio-economic burden in the Western world. Coronary obstruction and subsequent myocardial ischemia result in the progressive replacement of contractile myocardium with dysfunctional, fibrotic scar tissue. Post-infarctional remodelli...

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Main Authors: Felix Nägele, Leo Pölzl, Michael Graber, Jakob Hirsch, Agnes Mayr, Mathias Pamminger, Felix Troger, Markus Theurl, Michael Schreinlechner, Nikolay Sappler, Christian Dorfmüller, Martina Mitrovic, Hanno Ulmer, Michael Grimm, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Johannes Holfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06931-4