Can waiting a few minutes after a heart attack save more heart muscle?
NCT ID NCT01483755
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a specific heart procedure, done a few minutes after blood flow returns naturally, can limit heart muscle damage in people having a major heart attack. 72 adults with a first heart attack and partially open arteries took part. Researchers measured heart damage using MRI scans and checked heart function after 6 months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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72 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Jul 2009
- Finished
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Jun 2012
- 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
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- 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: * Patient \> 18 years old * Male or female * Presenting first myocardial infarction, with the beginning of pains \< 12 hours, * Requiring a revascularisation by primary angioplasty or " rescue " (after failure of thrombolysis) on LAD or RCA (not Circumflex coronary artery). * TIMI flow grade at admission of 2 or 3 * LV angiography (RAO30°) before angioplasty. Exclusion Criteria: * Cardiac arrest before the angioplasty * Cardiogenic shock * Occlusion of the artery circumflex responsible for the infarction * Visible collaterals to the area at risk * Magnetic resonance imaging: contra indication
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service d'explorations Fonctionnelles Cardiovasculaires, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel
Bron, 69677, France
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Service de Cardiologie, CHU d'Angers
Angers, 49933, France
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Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Emile Müller
Mulhouse, 68051, France
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Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Rangueil
Toulouse, 31059, France
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