Atrial Fibrillation at the Viennese University Emergency Department

Recruiting

• Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation; Atrial Flutter

• Registration Number: NCT03272620
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

The results of this study could imply that a atrial fibrillation registry, as a tool for structured diagnosis and therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation, may improve patient care for this rapidly growing population.

Detailed Description

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with stroke being an especially important and potentially devastating complication. The number of patients with atrial fibrillation is likely to increase 2.5-fold during the next 50 years, reflecting the growing proportion of elderly individuals. Emergency departments play a central role in diagnosis and treatment (rhythm and rate control, initiation of anticoagulatory therapy for stroke prevention) of atrial fibrillation. Additionally, embolic (e.g. stroke, mesenteric ischemia) complications of atrial fibrillation and bleeding complications (e.g. gastrointestinal and intracranial) of anticoagulatory therapy are likewise treated at emergency departments.

Therefor the investigators hypothesis implies that the atrial fibrillation registry could serve as a tool for structured diagnosis and therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and therefore may improve patient care. Additionally, diagnostic and therapeutic shortcomings by analyzing registry data may be detected.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10-22
• Study First Submitted: 2017-08-23
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-01
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-05
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-01
• Study Completion: 2030-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with atrial fibrillation treated at the Emergency Department of the Medical University of Vienna
• Signed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Inclusion criteria not met

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants with major adverse cardiac events	Follow up (10 years)	frequency distribution

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of successfully conducted cardioversions	Follow up (10 years)	frequency distribution

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Emergency Department, Medical University Vienna; 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria