New heart test could reduce unnecessary invasive procedures

NCT ID NCT01943903

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 32 times

Summary

This study tested whether using a special CT scan analysis (FFRCT) to guide decisions is better than usual care for people with suspected heart artery disease. About 584 adults with intermediate risk were followed for 90 days. The goal was to see if FFRCT could reduce the number of unnecessary invasive angiograms while maintaining safety.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

    Aarhus, 8200, Denmark

  • CHU Brest - Hopital de Cardiologie

    Brest, 29609, France

  • Cardiovascular Center Aalst

    Aalst, Belgium

  • Cardiovascular Hospital -Interventional Cardiology Dept, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Claude Bernard University France

    Lyon, 69677, France

  • Centro Cardiologico Monzino

    Milan, 20154, Italy

  • Deutsches Herzzentrum München - ISAResearch Centre

    Munich, 80636, Germany

  • Duke University Clinical Research Institution

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Freeman Hospital - Therapeutics & Cardiac Research Team

    Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

  • Heart Center Leipzig GmbH

    Leipzig, 04289, Germany

  • HeartFlow, Inc

    Redwood City, California, 94063, United States

  • Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Radiology II

    Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria

  • LKH-GRAZ-West - Department of Cardiology

    Graz, A-8020, Austria

  • Stanford University

    Stanford, California, 94305, United States

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

  • Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

    Mainz, 55131, Germany

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