New dissolving heart stent put to the test in global trial

NCT ID NCT03168776

Summary

This study tested a new type of heart stent that dissolves over time, comparing it to standard stents already in use. It involved over 1,600 patients with clogged heart arteries to see if the new stent was as safe and worked as well at keeping arteries open. Patients were followed for up to five years to check for heart-related problems.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Amsterdam UMC

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • AnMed Health

    Anderson, South Carolina, 29621, United States

  • Aultman Hospital

    Canton, Ohio, 44710, United States

  • Berks Cardiologists, Ltd.

    Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, 19610, United States

  • Bethesda Hospital East/Daniel Heart and Vascular Center

    Boynton Beach, Florida, 33435, United States

  • CHI Health Research Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, United States

  • CHU Charleroi

    Charleroi, Belgium

  • Cardiology, PC

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35211, United States

  • Cardiovascular Associates of Delaware Valley

    Haddon Heights, New Jersey, 08035, United States

  • Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida

    Panama City, Florida, 32401, United States

  • Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants

    Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States

  • Columbia University Medical Center / New York Presbyterian Hospital

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Dignity Health - Mercy Gilbert Medical Center / Chandler Regional Medical Center

    Gilbert, Arizona, 85297, United States

  • Doylestown Hospital

    Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 18901, United States

  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Essential Health

    Duluth, Minnesota, 55805, United States

  • Florida Hospital Tampa

    Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States

  • Foothills Medical Centre

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N-2T9, Canada

  • Geisinger Clinic

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States

  • Genesis Hospital

    Zanesville, Ohio, 43701, United States

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Ramon y Cajal

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro

    Vigo, 36312, Spain

  • Imelda

    Bonheiden, 2820, Belgium

  • Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, Spain

  • Iowa Heart Center

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50314, United States

  • Jessa Hospital

    Hasselt, 3500, Belgium

  • Kettering Medical Center

    Kettering, Ohio, 45429, United States

  • Krannert Institute of Cardiology

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Lindner Research Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • MCL

    Leeuwarden, Netherlands

  • Maasstad Ziekenhuis

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

  • MediQuest Research Group Inc.

    Ocala, Florida, 34471, United States

  • Medstar Union Memorial Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States

  • Medstar Washington HWospital Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center

    Toledo, Ohio, 43608, United States

  • Michigan Heart

    Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States

  • NC Heart and Vascular Research

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States

  • North MS Medical Center

    Tupelo, Mississippi, 38801, United States

  • North Ohio Heart

    Elyria, Ohio, 44035, United States

  • Northern Michigan Hospital d.b.a. McLaren Northern Michigan

    Petoskey, Michigan, 49770, United States

  • Norton Brownsboro Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40241, United States

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Shonan Kamakura General Hospital

    Kanagawa, Kamakura City, 247-8533, Japan

  • Smidt Heart Institute Cedars-Sinai Maedical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • St Bartholomew's Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

  • St. Michael's Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5B-1W8, Canada

  • St. Vincent's Medical Group

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46290, United States

  • Swedish Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States

  • Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants

    Tyler, Texas, 75701, United States

  • University Hospital Geneva HUG, Clinic for Cardiology

    Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

  • University of Virginia Health System

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

  • William Beaumont Hospital

    Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States

  • Winchester Medical Center

    Winchester, Virginia, 22601, United States

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

  • Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg Genk

    Genk, 3600, Belgium

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