Balloon versus stent for heart attack treatment
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial compares a drug-coated balloon to a drug-coated stent for opening blocked arteries during a heart attack. It aims to see which device works better for patients having a specific type of heart attack called STEMI.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 or older and expected to live at least another year.
- You are having a STEMI heart attack with chest pain lasting over 20 minutes and specific ECG changes, and can get treatment within 12 hours of symptoms starting.
- The blocked artery in your heart is a new blockage, not previously treated, and is the right size and condition for a balloon or stent.
- You do not have severe heart failure (Killip class III or IV) when admitted.
- You have not had a prior heart attack, prior stent or balloon in the same artery, or prior bypass surgery.
- You do not have 3-vessel disease needing surgery, left main coronary artery disease, or extremely twisted or heavily calcified arteries.
- You have not had a stroke in the last 6 months (unless it was a hemorrhagic stroke, which is always excluded).
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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