Heart attack mystery: study probes why 1 in 5 victims have no known risks
NCT ID NCT05535582
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at 1,000 heart attack patients to understand why some have no standard risk factors like smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Researchers compared these 'SMuRF-less' patients to those with risk factors, examining their medical history, lab tests, and heart imaging. The goal is to uncover hidden biomarkers that could predict heart attacks in seemingly low-risk people.
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 lead to better risk prediction tools for heart attacks in people without standard risk factors, potentially saving lives.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It identifies patterns but does not test a therapy, so direct patient benefits are uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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1,000 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 \>25years old presenting with acute myocardial infraction with or without ST elevation within the previous 4 weeks, with at least one angiographically-testified stenosis\>50% in a major epicardial coronary artery
- Ages
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25 to 90 years
- 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: * Age \>25 years * Hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with or without ST elevation (based on Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction) * Coronary angiography before or after hospitalization for AMI, in which at least one stenosis \>50% in a major epicardial coronary artery (left anterior descending artery, left circumflex artery, right coronary artery) or a branch thereof with a diameter of at least 2 mm was observed. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability or refusal to provide informed consent * Age \>90 years * History of hospitalization due to AMI prior to the present AMI * History of coronary revascularization prior to the present AMI AMI Exclusion Criteria for SMuRF-less patients group only: * Known history of hypertension and/or antihypertensive treatment prior to AMI * Use of tobacco products on a systematic basis for up to \<60 months (5 years) before AMI * History of diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2 and/or treatment with antidiabetic tablets or insulin before AMI or diagnosis of diabetes mellitus based on HbA1c during AMI hospitalization * Known hypercholesterolemia (total chol \>200 mg/dl / LDLc \>150 mg/dl) or treatment with statins or PCSK9is, before AMI
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hippokration General University Hospital of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54642, Greece
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