Clearing blood clots during heart attack treatment
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests whether using a special tube to suction out blood clots during a heart attack procedure can improve outcomes. It might help patients with large clots in their heart arteries.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are having a heart attack with chest pain and specific ECG changes that started less than 12 hours ago.
- You are scheduled to have a procedure to open your blocked heart artery (primary angioplasty).
- During a heart X-ray test (angiogram), doctors find a large blood clot in the blocked artery.
- The blocked artery is wide enough (at least 2.75 mm) for the clot-removal device.
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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