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August 11, 2010
Hartford Hospital is currently recruiting patients with an irregular heartbeat to participate in a research study. Patients will be randomly selected for either ablation or drug therapy, neither of which is experimental, and will receive follow-up care every six months for two years.
September 24, 2013
Investigators from the Preventive Cardiology Department at Hartford Hospital are examining how genetic differences may explain why people respond differently to common cholesterol-lowering medications. Age 18-65, elevated cholesterol, not taking a cholesterol lowering drug.
March 07, 2014
Healthy volunteers are wanted for a heart failure research study. This research study will investigate a protein biomarker in advanced heart failure. Volunteers will need to undergo one blood draw.
September 05, 2014
The Preventive Cardiology Department is conducting a research study to examine the effects of a study drug (ETC-1002) on cholesterol levels in people currently taking statins. Participants who finish the entire study will be compensated $675 for their time.
January 03, 2017
Local physicians are conducting a research study of an investigational medication to assess its ability to reduce heart attacks, strokes or other cardiovascular events. Participants must be age 45 or older, taking cholesterol lowering medication, and have elevated triglycerides. They must also have a history of one or more of the following: Previous heart attack or stroke, Heart disease or Diabetes. All
Research volunteers are wanted for examination of vascular function in testicular and Hodgkins cancer survivors. Participants must be 20-55 year old men previously treated for testicular cancer to be eligible. Participants who finish the study will receive free health information and financial compensation for their time.
April 13, 2017
The Department of Preventive Cardiology is seeking individuals with high blood pressure for an exercise training study. You may qualify if you have (or think you have) high blood pressure; 18 years or older; non-smoker; and currently exercise less than two days per week.
May 17, 2017
Dr. Taylor from Hartford Hospital, Dr. Pescatello from the UConn Department of Kinesiology and Dr. Puhl from the UConn Rudd Center are conducting a research study to compare the effects of a short-term encounter to media videos on measures of mental and physical heart health in women.
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