Heart scan without needles: new test may predict heart attacks
NCT ID NCT06822894
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a new way to measure blood flow in the heart's arteries using ultrasound, without needing special wires or drugs. Researchers will follow about 500 people with coronary artery disease for one year to see if this measurement can predict serious heart events like heart attacks or the need for more procedures. If it works, it could give doctors a simpler tool to decide who needs more aggressive treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide doctors with a simpler, safer way to assess heart disease severity and predict future heart problems without invasive pressure wires or drugs.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only looks for patterns, so it cannot prove that using 3V-UFR improves outcomes. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 494 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients aged 18 years or older admitted to Fuwai Hospital (Beijing, China) for coronary angiography and demonstrating angiographically confirmed ≥30% stenosis in all three major coronary arteries through visual assessment, will be consecutively enrolled in the study.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Stable angina pectoris, unstable angina pectoris, or after the acute phase of myocardial infarction * Age ≥18 years * Written informed consent * Angiographically confirmed ≥30% diameter stenosis in all three major epicardial coronary arteries (left anterior descending, left circumflex, and right coronary artery) * Patients with clinical indications for revascularization who have successfully completed percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) prior to study enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Ineligible for diagnostic IVUS examination * Prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) * Myocardial infarction within 72 hours of coronary angiography * Severe heart failure (NYHA grade ≥ III) * Serum creatinine levels \>150 umol/L, or glomerular filtration rates \<45 ml/ kg/1.73 m2 * Allergy to the contrast agent or adenosine * Life expectancy \< 2 years * Severe coronary artery disease requiring CABG identified during angiography * Extreme vascular tortuosity precluding IVUS catheter advancement * Suboptimal IVUS image quality impairing quantitative analysis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fuwai Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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