A Study to Analyze the Role of Sympathetic Nervous System in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Mayo Clinic · with National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · NCT05699200
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Study type
- Interventional · Not applicable
- Target enrollment
- 50
- US sites recruiting
- 1
- Study start
- June 1, 2023
- Record last updated
- June 17, 2026
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What the study is about
The purpose of this research is to compare sympathetic function (flight or fight system) and arterial health including structure and mechanics of participants with history of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) to age and sex matched control participants.
Being studied: Arterial Tonometry; Echocardiogram; Carotid Ultrasounds; Elastography; Ankle-Brachial Index; Microneurography with sympathoexcitatory maneuvers
Conditions: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection; Healthy
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
- For SCAD patients: history of SCAD as confirmed by coronary angiography or cardiac computed tomography angiography
- For controls: no cardiac disease history
Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnancy
- Known or suspected unstable cardiac condition within 4 weeks of the study
- Active treatment with anticoagulation or dual antiplatelet therapy
- Prisoner
Recruiting US locations
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN 55905
Study contacts (from the official record)
- Pamela Engrav · 507-255-6938 · Engrav.Pamela@mayo.edu
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