Cutting balloon for heart artery blockage
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests a special cutting balloon catheter to open narrowed heart arteries before placing a stent. It may help people with significant blockages in one coronary artery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You have narrowing in one or more heart arteries that is 70% or more blocked (or 50% with signs of reduced blood flow).
- The blocked section is in a natural or bypass vessel, and it is a new or returning blockage.
- The blocked area is no longer than 20 millimeters and the artery size is between 2 and 4 millimeters.
- You have not had a heart attack, stroke, or stomach bleeding recently, and your kidneys work well.
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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