Diagnostic value of signs, symptoms and Heart-type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (H-FABP) in evaluating patients presenting with symptoms possibly matching acute coronary syndrome in primary care
- Conditions
- acute coronary syndromeheart infarction10011082
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON43744
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University dpt Huisartsgeneeskunde
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 600
Thoracic complaints possibly matching acute coronary syndrome;* any ventrothoracic chest pain or oppression (including oppressive chest pain and burning sensation on the chest not typical for gastric reflux)
* anxiety with referral to the chest region
* pain in the dorso- or laterothoracic region, in the left or right upper arm, in the neck-/jaw region or in the epigastric region.
Patients presenting dyspnoe, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, fatigue, paleness, walking instability, faintness, near-collapse and/or collapse are only included when at least one of the above mentioned complaints of pain are present as well.
- complaints present for more than 24 hours
- evident clinical suspection for acute cardiac cause / acute situation where all attention has to be on supporting the patient
- no written informed consent
- a traumatic cause is present
- complaints are presented that can be regarded as a recurrence of earlier complaints with clear diagnosis in the past (hyperventilation, stable AP)
- death of unidentified cause.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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