Guiding heart stent decisions to fully treat blocked arteries after a heart attack
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial compares two ways doctors decide which additional blocked heart arteries to treat with stents soon after a heart attack. It may help patients avoid later heart problems by testing a “complete revascularization” strategy planned after the initial culprit artery was treated.
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Who can take part
- You had a STEMI or type 1 NSTEMI heart attack, and the main culprit artery was stented within the last 72 hours
- After the first stent, there is at least one other narrowed artery (not the heart-attack culprit) that doctors think can be treated with PCI (stent procedure)
- The extra narrowing is significant (at least about 50%) and the vessel is at least 2.5 mm wide, based on the angiogram
- You and your care team plan to fully treat all qualifying non-culprit blockages (not just medicines) with the study strategy
- You have not had bypass surgery (CABG), and there’s a clear way to identify which artery caused the heart attack
- You should not have had a recent stent in a different non-culprit artery within 45 days before joining; also, the extra blockage should not be too severe in a way that prevents treating it with the approach (very poor flow or extreme narrowing)
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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