Compare hybrid heart procedure versus bypass surgery
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests whether a “hybrid” approach to opening blocked heart arteries works as well as standard bypass surgery. It may help patients who have significant blockages in more than one main artery and where doctors think both options are possible.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old and can give written consent
- You have multiple major heart artery narrowings that are “significant,” such as very tight narrowing (about 70% or more) or pressure-tested to be significant
- Your heart history has been reviewed by both a heart surgeon and a heart doctor, and both agree that both bypass surgery and the hybrid option are feasible and could fully treat the important blockages
- You do not have severe kidney disease (estimated kidney filtering rate below 20)
- You are not pregnant, and you can safely take two blood-thinning medicines (“dual antiplatelet therapy”)
- Your heart attack situation fits the trial timing: not a STEMI within the last month, and not needing emergency (acute) revascularization
- You do not have a blocked left main artery unless there are also significant blockages in both the LAD and the left side (LCX)
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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