Electrical Stimulation to Strengthen Breathing After Heart Stent
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests whether electrical stimulation applied to your breathing muscles and abdomen can improve heart and lung function after you've had a stent placed in a heart artery. The goal is to help you breathe better and exercise more easily during recovery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Age 40–75 years
- Successfully had a stent (PCI) placed in a heart artery for chest pain or heart attack
- Heart is stable without extra medications to keep it pumping or dangerous irregular rhythms
- Heart's pumping strength (ejection fraction) is at least 35%
- Able to blow into a spirometer (breathing test device) and walk for 6 minutes
- No serious lung disease, pacemaker incompatible with electrical stimulation, or recent stroke
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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