Risk of Life-threatening Heart Rhythm Disturbances in Siblings

Completed

Conditions studied: Defibrillators, Implantable, Myocardial Infarction, Tachycardias, Ventricular

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if heredity influences the risk of life-threatening heart rhythms (ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation) after heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00498524

Run by

Duke University

People needed

2047

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2008-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-12-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• patients must be alive
• have a history of coronary artery disease / myocardial infarction
• left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 35%
• received an implantable cardioverter- defibrillator

You may not qualify if…

• nonischemic cardiomyopathy
• Pre-identified hereditary arrhythmia syndrome (e.g. long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, etc)
• left ventricular ejection fraction >35%
• no implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center, Division of Cardiology - Electrophysiology Section — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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