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Cardiovascular Health Improvement Project

University of Michigan · NCT02306200

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Any age listed · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
15000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 2013
Record last updated
April 29, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The goal of this project is to establish a biobank of clinical information, DNA, plasma, and aortic tissue samples from patients with cardiovascular disease as well as healthy controls.

Conditions: Aortic Aneurysm; Aortic Dissection; Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV); Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Diseases

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Any patient over the age of 18 who is able/willing to give informed consent
  • Patients \<18 years of age with parental consent and assent (if assent is applicable for their age)
  • Diagnosis of:
  • aortic pathology potentially due to a known or suspected inherited condition
  • Idiopathic aortic aneurysm
  • Interesting of novel vascular pathology in the aorta or main branches
  • Family history of aortic or vascular disease
  • Other cardiovascular disease
  • Healthy controls with no apparent cardiovascular disease

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not willing or able to sign the consent

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

    Site contact: Lauren Humphrey-Stark, BS · 734-232-4779 · ljeany@med.umich.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Lauren Humphrey-Stark, BS · 7342324779 · ljeany@med.umich.edu
  • Jen McNamara, MS · 734-232-6180 · jlmcnama@med.umich.edu
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