Magnetocardiography to better spot heart attack patients
Part of Heart & circulation, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether magnetocardiography—a scan that measures heart signals using magnets—can more accurately identify myocardial infarction (heart attack). It may help doctors detect heart attacks faster and more accurately using safer, non-invasive testing.
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Who can take part
- If you’re a healthy volunteer: you’re 18–79 and have no past heart disease or stroke
- If you’re a healthy volunteer over 65: blood pressure and cholesterol must be well controlled on limited meds, and heart ultrasound should look normal
- Your heart tests must be suitable: a normal ECG (healthy volunteers) or a chest-pain diagnosis like angina or heart attack suspicion (chest-pain group)
- You must be able to complete the magnetocardiography scan (no severe claustrophobia and able to cooperate)
- You must not have certain conditions like serious lung disease, major liver/kidney problems, uncontrolled thyroid disease, anemia or blood disorders, or certain autoimmune (connective tissue) diseases
- You must not have metal implants or other reasons you can’t safely have the related MRI screening rules, if applicable
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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