A Study of Stress Heart Imaging in Patients With Diabetes at Risk for Coronary Disease.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study is designed to see if stress heart imaging can be used as a screening exam in patients with diabetes and risk factors of developing of coronary artery disease and experiencing future cardiac events.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lantheus Medical Imaging
• Treatments: Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• History of diabetes for at least 5 years, with a least 2 risk factors (i.e. hypertension, elevated cholesterol levels, history of or current smoker, obese, family history of heart disease) & atypical chest pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Typical chest pain being treated with medication, unable to exercise, previous confirmed heart disease