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Feasibility and Clinical Consequences of Liberal Fasting Compared to Standard Practice Prior to Elective Coronary Angiography: Results from a Randomized Trial.

Key takeaways

This trial compared strict fasting with a more relaxed eating plan before a heart test. It looked at whether skipping food caused problems like low blood sugar. The study found that the relaxed plan was safe for many patients. This is a small randomized trial, so the results are promising but not final.

Who did this work

Parsa SA · Nezhad SD · Taherkhani A · Khaheshi I

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Sep 21
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42778515/