Tele-Electrocardiography in Emergency Cardiac Care

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Myocardial Infarction, Chest Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to see whether individuals who access the "911" emergency medical system with a heart attack or severe chest pain will receive more timely hospital treatment and better outcomes if hospital clinicians are provided with earlier and more complete electrocardiography (ECG) information.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00075088

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

794

Starts

2003-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All individuals in Santa Cruz County in California who call 911 with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (chest pain, shortness of breath, anginal equivalent).

You may not qualify if…

• Those who don't meet the above inclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• University of California San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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