Clinical Research Directory

Investigational MRI Clinical Software and Hardware

Patients and healthy volunteers will be scanned in order to test new sequences.

Iliac Angioplasties: Impact of the Fusion of Images on the Irradiation Rate

Atherosclerosis can cause the arteries to narrow (stenosis) or clog (occlude), leading to reduced blood flow. Arteriography or angiography is a radiological examination of the arteries which will make it possible to confirm and quantify the severity of the damage to the artery and which, in certain cases, can be directly treated by angioplasty with or without stenting (selective angioplasty). Digital subtraction angiography (DSA), the reference technique, provides good image quality. The fluoroscopy used today during angioplasty procedures makes it possible to obtain images in real time and to guide the progression of the endovascular material in the arterial axis. Image fusion is an established technique for the endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms. The feasibility of image fusion for the iliac arterial axes has already been assessed and is reproducible. However, there is no assessment of the irradiation rate in iliac angioplasty, using intraoperative image fusion, compared to standard angioplasty practices.

CARbon monoxidE intoxiCatiOn in Korea: Prospective Cohort (CARE CO Cohort)

This prospective cohort study enrolls subjects who experience carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The purpose of the study is to evaluate therapeutic effects of various treatments and short and long-term outcomes in CO poisoned patients. In addition, complications of brain and heart susceptible to CO are investigated through various ways and the association between complications and the patient's prognosis is also investigated. All subjects will be regularly monitored by physicians participating in this study.