The Powerful Pictures Study: Assessing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at risk of acute coronary syndrome with routine computer tomography coronary angiography

Not Applicable

• Conditions: acute coronary syndrome; coronary artery disease; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000139572
• Lead Sponsor: Queensland University of Technology

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2024-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 19 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1) Identifies as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin
2) Presentation to an emergency department
3) Treating clinicians intends to investigate for possible acute coronary syndrome

Exclusion Criteria

1) Diagnosis with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during index presentation
2) Planned to undergo invasive coronary angiography
3) Known contradiction to CTCA: Severe renal failure; (serum creatinine >250 µmol/L or estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73 m2; contrast allergy; documented intolerance to rate limiting agent available; inability to breath hold; and atrial fibrillation (where mean heart rate is anticipated to be greater than 65/bpm after beta blockade)
4) History of previously documented coronary artery disease on invasive coronary angiography or CTCA

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified