Staged vs same-day heart artery repair after a heart attack
Part of Heart & circulation, Pain clinical trials.
This study compares doing all heart artery procedures right away versus doing part of them later in people who had a heart attack and have blockage in more than one artery. It aims to see which approach is safer and works better after the initial emergency procedure.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You had a STEMI heart attack and underwent an emergency opening procedure (primary PCI) for the blocked “culprit” artery.
- You have at least one other significant blockage in a non-culprit artery that can be treated with PCI (and your doctors think it can be done safely).
- You received no clot-busting medicine (thrombolytic therapy) for this heart attack.
- You can sign informed consent and are willing/able to follow study visits and procedures.
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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