Using heart sounds to detect early heart disease
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study uses sound recordings from your heart (during an ultrasound) to see if it can detect early signs of heart disease. If you are already scheduled for both a heart ultrasound and an angiogram (a dye test of your heart arteries) at Cambridge, your participation may help find heart problems sooner.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 years or older.
- You must have had or be scheduled for both a coronary angiogram (a test that looks at the heart's blood vessels) and an echocardiogram (an ultrasound of the heart) within about 6 months of each other.
- These heart tests must be done at Cambridge University Hospitals.
- You must not have had a recent heart attack of the type called STEMI or high-risk NSTEMI.
- You must not have heart failure symptoms while at rest (for example, severe breathlessness or fatigue).
- You must not have had previous heart valve surgery or a suspected heart valve infection (endocarditis).
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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