Checking heart artery pressure to guide treatment
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study uses a new method during a routine heart catheterization to measure resistance in the heart arteries and the tiny blood vessels. It helps doctors understand if a treatment like stents or medication would be best for your heart.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for a heart catheterization to check your arteries.
- You have chest pain or have had a heart attack, and the artery being tested wasn't the one that caused the heart attack.
- You have a narrowing in a heart artery that is between 30% and 90% blocked.
- Your heart's pumping function is greater than 45%.
- You have not had a heart attack in the area of the artery being tested.
- You have not had a stent placed in the tested artery within the last year, and you have not had heart surgery or a heart transplant.
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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