Heart Disease Trial, Recruiting
Who may be able to join
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Who might be able to join this trial:
- Adults aged 18 or older who have had a cardiac arrest (either inside or outside of a hospital) and whose heart has restarted on its own after treatment.
- Informed consent has been given by the patient or their legal representative before any heart artery procedure is performed.
Who may not be able to join:
- People who are on a specific life support machine that helps the heart and lungs pump blood (called VA-ECMO).
- People who are having a particular type of serious heart attack (STEMI or STEMI "equivalent"), which is identified by specific patterns on a heart tracing (ECG), including certain changes to the electrical signals in the heart.
- People having a type of heart attack (NSTEMI) where the heart is still being starved of blood despite the best available treatment, and the treating doctor considers an urgent heart artery procedure to be needed.
- People whose heart rhythm or blood pressure is too unstable to safely undergo a CT scan, as judged by the treating doctor.
- People experiencing a dangerous heart rhythm that the treating doctor believes is being caused by an active blockage in a heart artery.
- People who have a known serious allergy or medical reason that means they cannot receive the dye used in CT or heart artery imaging (iodinated contrast).
- People whose cardiac arrest is already known to have been caused by a non-heart-related reason — such as a serious head injury, heavy bleeding, lack of oxygen from a known lung condition, trauma, a severe chemical or salt imbalance in the body, or poisoning — and where the treating doctor considers a chest CT scan unnecessary.
- People who are known or suspected to be pregnant, or who are breastfeeding.
- People with a serious bleeding problem, as judged by the treating doctor, that would prevent the use of a blood-thinning medication (heparin) during a heart artery procedure performed through the wrist.
- People who have previously had a stent placed in a heart artery or have had heart bypass surgery (CABG).
- People whose CT scan results show a condition that means a heart artery procedure cannot be done in the near term.
- People who are already receiving end-of-life care.
- People who are already taking part in another clinical intervention study that would conflict with this trial.
Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.
Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.
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Trial details
Where this trial is recruiting
Primary endpoints
Percentage of patients correctly classified to coronary artery disease as the cause of cardiac arrest after analysis of the CT scan
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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 28 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.