CT heart scan screening to prevent heart disease
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial studies whether doing a heart CT scan to look at heart artery narrowing, along with follow-up care, can help prevent coronary heart disease in people who have risk factors but no known heart artery disease yet. You may qualify if you live in Nanjing, are age 40–69, and have certain risk factors.
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Who can take part
- Live in Nanjing, China, and plan to stay for the next 5 years
- Be age 40 to 69
- Have at least one heart-disease risk factor (such as smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, family history, or kidney disease stage 3)
- Do NOT have known heart artery disease (like angina, prior heart disease, stroke/TIA, or blocked leg arteries)
- Have not had a coronary CT angiography or invasive heart angiogram in the past 5 years
- Currently not on statin medicine, and you must be able to consent and follow the study plan
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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