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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12610000053022
ACTRN12610000053022
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In patients presenting to the emergency department with potential acute coroanry syndrome (ACS) is there a difference in the change in troponin (absolute and rate) and a traditional mulitmarker approach with risk stratification tools in excluding significant coronary artery disease?

Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation0 sites1,000 target enrollmentJanuary 18, 2010

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Acute coronary syndromes
Sponsor
Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation
Enrollment
1000
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 18, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria include all patients who present to the ED with at least 5 minutes of chest pain suggestive of ACS. In accord with American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, these will include the presence of acute chest, epigastric, neck, jaw or arm pain or discomfort or pressure or breathlessness without apparent non\-cardiac source. More general/atypical symptoms (such as fatigue, nausea, vomiting, sweating and faintness) will not be used as inclusion criteria.
  • Patients who have chest discomfort and in whom the attending staff consider it necessary to perform an electrocardiogram (ECG) for the assessment of possible ACS will be enrolled.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients under the age of 18 years old
  • Unable or unwilling to consent
  • Patients for whom follow\-up will not be possible either due to lack of contact address or because they will be overseas.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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