Describing, understanding and reacting upon variations in cardiac catheterization - the KARDIO study
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Angina pectorisI25Pain in throat and chestChronic ischaemic heart diseaseI20R07
- Registration Number
- DRKS00021165
- Lead Sponsor
- Philipps-Universität MarburgAbt. f. Allgemeinmedizin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 239
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with chest pain / chest tightness, shortness of breath or similar symptoms for which you (recruiting doctors) are considering at least a distant cause of CHD;
Even patients who already have a CHD;
Even patients that you e.g. at V.a. seek acute coronary syndrome (home visit, emergency room);
Regardless of consequence (general, specialist and / or inpatient treatment)
Exclusion Criteria
Age <18 years,
Lack of knowledge of German
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Frequency of cardiac catheterization<br>(Telephone patient survey on use of services (modified FIMA) in intervention and control groups, each at T1 = 3 months)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Frequency of non-invasive diagnostics to clarify CHD<br>Survey: Telephone patient questionnaire on the use of services (modified FIMA) in the intervention and control groups, each at T1 = 3 months<br>Definition of non-invasive diagnostics: exercise ECG, stress echocardiography, CT angiography and / or CT coronary calcification, cardio-MRI, myocardial scintigraphy, myocardial PET<br><br>Share of use decision support<br>Survey: Telephone patient survey on decision support (dichotomous, own question) in intervention and control group, each at T1 = 3 months<br><br>Joint decision-making on cardiac catheters<br>Survey: Telephone patient survey for joint decision-making (PEF-9) on the further procedure in the intervention and control groups, each at T1 = 3 months