Coronary CT scan after cardiac arrest to check heart artery blockage
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests whether a special CT scan (coronary CT angiography) can help rule out coronary artery disease—the common artery blockage causing heart problems—after someone has survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. It may help doctors quickly decide who needs or does not need further heart procedures.
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Who can take part
- You were hospitalized in the intensive care unit after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that was successfully resuscitated.
- Doctors have not found an obvious reason for the sudden death based on your history, CT brain, and CT lung scan.
- Your heart tests do not show ST-elevation heart attack, and there is no unknown left bundle branch block.
- You do not have cardiogenic shock (very poor circulation) or life-threatening ongoing heart rhythm problems.
- You are not pregnant, and you do not have severe chronic kidney disease (GFR under 30).
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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