Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Anyone undergoing cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease over age 18.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Patients currently on long-term antibiotics who cannot stop them for at least 2 weeks prior to providing a stool sample.
- 2. Patients on chronic laxatives who cannot stop for at least 2 weeks prior to stool collection.
- 3. Patients on probiotics and cannot stop for 2 weeks prior to giving a stool sample (yogurt is ok).
- 4. Patients who are unable to provide a stool sample to Mayo Clinic within 24 hours of collection utilizing Fed Ex overnight mail (i.e. people overseas who are unable to provide a sample before leaving the USA.)
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No