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Occurrence and predictors of irregular heart rhythms and sudden cardiac death in the first 48hours after a heart attack

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: I21- Acute myocardial infarction
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/01/061723
Lead Sponsor
Dr Sreeja Gandamsetty
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction above 18 years of age who can give written informed consent.

Acute myocardial infarction (MI) : Acute myocardial injury with clinical evidence of acute myocardial

ischemia and with detection of a rise and,or fall of cT values with at least one value above the 99th

percentile URL and at least one of the following:

1)Symptoms of myocardial ischemia

2)New ischemic electrocardiographic (ECG) changes

3) Development of pathologic Q waves

4)Imaging evidence of new loss of viable myocardium or new regional wall motion abnormality in a

pattern consistent with an ischemic etiology

Exclusion Criteria

1)Pregnant females

2)History of prior myocardial infarction or chronic heart failure

3)Patients already on anti arrhythmics or drugs prolonging QT interval

4)Patients with previously diagnosed structural and valvular heart diseases- cardiomyopathy, congenital heart

5)Patients with previously diagnosed channelopathies or conduction disorders

6)Patient on cardiac device therapy

7)Prior documented cardiac conduction abnormalities

8)Documented Active infection

9)Autoimmune diseases

10)Malignancy

11)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

12)Hypothyroidism

13)Hyperthyroidism

14)Documented Anemia

15)Patients on Beta blockers

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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