The WOMEN Study: What is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in WomeN?

Completed

Conditions studied: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease, Coronary Arteriosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Ischemia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare two types of exercise stress testing to find the best method for detecting heart disease in women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00282711

Run by

Hartford Hospital

People needed

824

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-01

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women 60 years of age and older presenting for the evaluation of chest pain, or other anginal equivalent symptoms while at an intermediate-high pretest risk for IHD

You may not qualify if…

• Women with known CAD
• Women scoring <5 METs on the DASI
• Nursing or pregnant females
• Nuclear medicine study within the preceding 10 days
• Electrocardiographic abnormalities precluding interpretation of peak stress changes including: Left bundle branch block, electronic ventricular pacemaker, left ventricular hypertrophy, WPW, and resting ST-T wave changes. Additionally, patients currently on digoxin therapy
• Significant valvular heart disease (i.e. severe aortic stenosis or regurgitation, or severe mitral insufficiency)
• Hemodynamic instability (blood pressure >210/110 ml/Hg or <90/60 mm/Hg)
• Left ventricular systolic dysfunction with a left ventricular ejection fraction less than 30 %
• Unavailability for long-term follow-up

Where it is running

• Southwest Heart — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Cardiology Consultants of Orange Country Medical Group, Inc — Anaheim, California, United States
• Escondido Cardiology Associates — Escondido, California, United States
• Mission Internal Medical Group — Mission Viejo, California, United States
• St. Joseph's Hospital Women's Hrt Cnt — Orange, California, United States
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center — Roseville, California, United States
• Sacramento Heart & Vascular Res. Ctr. — Sacramento, California, United States
• San Diego Cardiac Center — San Diego, California, United States
• Cardiovascular Consultants — Walnut Creek, California, United States
• Hartford Hospital — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Delaware SPECT Imaging — Newark, Delaware, United States
• Florida Heart Associates — Fort Meyers, Florida, United States
• Diagnostic Cardiology, PA — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Jacksonville Heart Center, PA — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Jacksonville Heart Center, PA — Jacksonville Beach, Florida, United States
• Heart and Vascular Institute of Florida — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
• Cardiac Disease Specialists — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Idaho Cardiology Associates — Boise, Idaho, United States
• Idaho Cardiology Associates — Meridian, Idaho, United States
• Fox Valley Cardiovascular Consultants — Aurora, Illinois, United States
• Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston — Evanston, Illinois, United States
• Condell Medical Center — Libertyville, Illinois, United States
• Iowa Heart Center — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Cardiovascular Associates — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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