New research could help heart failure patients get safer surgery
NCT ID NCT04489355
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at 260 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a weak heart due to blocked arteries) who had heart surgery. The goal was to develop a personalized approach to choose the best type of surgery and predict risks and outcomes. Researchers used imaging, blood tests, and heart tissue samples to create models that could lower complication rates and improve long-term results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) with surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) and mitral repair (MR)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could help doctors better predict which patients with heart failure will benefit most from specific heart surgeries, potentially reducing complications and improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed observational study, not a treatment trial. The findings may not apply to all patients, and the models developed need further testing before they can be used in routine care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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260 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2013
- Finished
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May 2024
- 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 with ischemic cardiomyopathy with indications for cardiac surgery
- Ages
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18 to 70 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: * left ventricular ejection fraction less than or equal to 40%; a history of myocardial infarction with a duration of more than 3 months and/or stenosis of more than 75% of the trunk of the left coronary artery, or proximal stenosis of the anterior descending artery and/or stenosis of more than 75% of two or more coronary arteries; final LV systolic index greater than or equal to 60 ml / m2 according to echocardiography, age 18-70 years Exclusion Criteria: * the presence of organic heart defects of rheumatic and infectious etiology; acute myocardial infarction; less than 3 months after acute coronary or cerebrovascular events; severe pulmonary hypertension not associated with mitral regurgitation (above 75 mmHg); contraindications for operations with cardiopulmonary bypass; chronic alcoholism (including alcoholic damage to the heart), mental disorders; severe course of bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the acute stage; oncological diseases in the terminal stage, refusal of the patient or relatives to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Tomsk, 634012, Russia
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