Accelerated diagnostic process for selected low risk emergency department (ED) patients with chest pai

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: on-traumatic chest pain; Non-traumatic chest pain; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000990820
• Lead Sponsor: Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research at Western Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-09-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients presenting to ED with atraumatic chest pain of <24 hours duration

Exclusion Criteria

Clear ECG evidence of ACS
No ECG or biomarker assay within 24 hours of chest pain
Clear alternative diagnosis at initial assessment
Decline consent to followup/ unavailable for followup

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Occurence of major adverse cardiac events defined as prevalent or incident myocardial infarction, death, cardiac arrest or serious arrhythmia or emergent revascularisation.[30 days]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Predictive performance of GRACE Freedom from events score[30 days];Predictive performance of TIMI score for MI[ED diagnosis];Predictive performance of undetectable troponin level at ED presentation for MI[ED diagnosis]