Novel Method to Diagnose Acute Myocardial Ischemia

Completed

Conditions studied: Myocardial Infarction, Angina, Unstable, Myocardial Ischemia, Coronary Disease

In brief

The aim of this study is to improve the detection of heart attack in people who come to a hospital emergency room (ER) with cardiac symptoms. We are testing a novel technology that calculates the heart's electrical activity at points all around the upper body torso and develops a map showing areas indicating heart attack. Our hypothesis is that this new body mapping technique will be better than the standard electrocardiogram (ECG) in detecting heart attack.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00285922

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

1320

Starts

2001-08-01

Expected to finish

2005-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-02-02

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All individuals who present to the UCSF emergency room between 7 am and 7 pm, Monday through Friday, who have symptoms of myocardial infarction.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with left bundle branch block or ventricular pacemaker rhythm

Where it is running

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

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