Advanced imaging to find high-risk heart plaques
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study uses special imaging inside your heart arteries to find dangerous plaques that could cause future heart attacks. The goal is to help identify which blockages need treatment.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 or older, male or female.
- You have recently had a heart attack or unstable angina (chest pain that happens at rest or gets worse).
- You are planning to have a procedure to open a blocked heart artery with a stent (angioplasty).
- Your doctor has found at least one heart artery that is partially narrowed (40-70%) but is not being treated right now.
- You do not have serious kidney problems, have not had prior bypass surgery, and are expected to live more than 2 years.
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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