Heart scans may reveal hidden risk after stents and bypass surgery
NCT ID NCT07133984
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers are studying whether detailed heart MRI scans can predict serious heart problems after people with weakened heart pumps and blocked arteries have stents or bypass surgery. The trial enrolls adults with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or lower and significant coronary artery disease. Participants receive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, a non-invasive scan that pictures heart muscle, blood flow, and scar tissue. The goal is to see whether specific scan patterns, such as damaged or poorly supplied heart muscle, are linked to later heart failure, hospital readmission, or death.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), a non-invasive scan that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to picture the heart
- What this could lead to
- If the scan patterns line up with later heart problems, doctors could use cardiac MRI to flag high-risk patients after stents or bypass surgery and adjust their care earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational imaging study, so it can show associations but cannot prove that the scan findings cause the outcomes. The results may not apply to patients outside the specific heart-function and artery-disease criteria used here.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 230 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 diagnosed with iLVSD and multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing revascularization (PCI or CABG)
- Ages
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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: 1. Men and women ≥ 18 years old 2. LVEF ≤ 40% (quantified by echo, single-photon emission computed tomography \[SPECT\], or CMR within 2 months of enrollment) 3. Prognostically important CAD: either multivessel CAD (triple vessel or double vessel CAD including left anterior descendant artery (LAD), significant coronary stenosis defined as ≥ 70% based on coronary angiography, fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≤ 0.80 or instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) ≤ 0.89) or left main disease (+/- other CAD) for which significant stenosis defined as \> 50% based on coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) minimum luminal area \[MLA\] value ≤ 6.0 mm2 (\< 4.5 mm2 Asian descent), or equivalent optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements. 4. Either planned CABG/PCI within 3 months or CABG/PCI within the last 9 months. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Concomitant valve disease or other condition (e.g., LV aneurysm) requiring surgical repair or replacement 2. Contraindication to CMR (i.e. magnetically activated materials), gadolinium, regadenoson/adenosine/dipyridamole 3. Active neoplasm and/or severe end-organ dysfunction with expected life expectancy less than 5 years. \-
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute
RECRUITINGBelgrade, Serbia
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Libin Cardiovascular Institute
RECRUITINGCalgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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MU Vienna Austria
RECRUITINGVienna, Austria
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New York Presbyterian - Queens
RECRUITINGFlushing, New York, 11355, United States
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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
RECRUITINGBrooklyn, New York, 11215, United States
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Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
RECRUITINGToronto, Canada
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Universite Laval Quebec (CRIUCPQ) Canada
RECRUITINGQuébec, Canada
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Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10022, United States
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Zbigniew Religa Lower Silesian Heart Disease Centre - Medinet
RECRUITINGWroclaw, Poland
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