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Read our Coronary Artery Disease research guide →Researchers are testing a new way to analyze plaques (fatty buildups) in your heart arteries using special imaging scans combined with artificial intelligence. If you have heart disease or recently had chest pain, you'll receive two types of heart imaging scans — one non-invasive scan and one during a heart catheterization procedure — to help researchers develop a better system for spotting dangerous plaques that might lead to heart attacks.
Current methods of identifying which plaques are most dangerous don't always work reliably, and doctors need better tools to predict which patients are at highest risk for heart problems. This study aims to train artificial intelligence to recognize patterns in imaging that human doctors might miss, so that in the future, doctors can more accurately identify which plaques need treatment.
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You'll receive a special CT scan of your heart (a non-invasive imaging test), and then within one month you'll have a heart catheterization procedure where doctors insert a thin tube into your heart arteries and use advanced imaging tools to examine the plaques in detail. After these initial scans, you'll come back to the hospital every 3 months for 2 years to be monitored and see how you're doing — the researchers will track whether you have any heart problems and compare how well the new AI-based scanning method predicted your risk compared to traditional methods.
AI-generated summary from trial data · Jun 5, 2026 · Not medical advice
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