Timing is everything: new study links heart attack delay to dangerous heart rhythms
NCT ID NCT07175259
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study will follow 500 people having a major heart attack (STEMI) to see how the time from symptom onset to balloon treatment affects electrical signals on their ECG and their risk of complications. Researchers will track heart rhythm problems and major events like death or another heart attack during the hospital stay and for 6 months after. The goal is to better understand which patients are at highest risk based on how quickly they received care.
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 help doctors better predict complications after a heart attack based on how quickly treatment is received.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly test a new therapy, and results may not change current care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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
The study will include patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who are admitted to the coronary care unit and undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as the reperfusion strategy. Eligible patients will be adults presenting within the accepted therapeutic window for primary PCI. The final sample will thus represent a consecutive cohort of STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI, allowing assessment of the relationship between total ischemic time and repolarization indices (QTc, Tpe interval, Tpe/QT ratio, etc.), and their subsequent impact on both short- and long-term clinical outcomes.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: \- Patients presenting with acute STEMI undergoing primary PCI Exclusion Criteria: \- 1. Prior myocardial infarction or CABG. 2. Left or right bundle branch block. 3. Atrial fibrillation. 4. Cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock 5. Valvular heart disease (severe). 6. Use of QT-prolonging medications as anti-arrhythmic, anti-psychotic, anti-depressant and some types of antibiotics. 7\. Poor quality ECG tracings. 8. Chronic kidney disease stage ≥3. 9. Electrolyte abnormalities at admission 10. Undetermined date of pain
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