Shockwave balloons for hardened heart artery blockages
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests a special balloon that uses shock waves to crack calcium in heart arteries, making it easier to place a stent. It is for people with chest pain or signs of heart strain due to a single, severely blocked artery with dense calcium.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 85 years old.
- You have chest pain (stable or unstable angina), or evidence that your heart is not getting enough blood without symptoms, or you had a heart attack in the past.
- You have one new, hardened (calcified) blockage in a heart artery that is up to 40 mm long and between 2.0 and 4.0 mm wide.
- Your blockage is severely narrowed (at least 70% blocked) or moderately narrowed (50-69%) with proof that it causes ischemia (lack of blood flow).
- You are willing and able to follow all 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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