The BEACON Registry: Best Expert Agreement for Care of Occult Myocardial Infarction (MI) Nationally

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Chest Pain

In brief

The purpose of this registry is to assess and improve the process of care and health outcomes of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin. The study will identify which methods facilitate the diagnosis and risk stratification of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non STEMI, including patients with occult myocardial infarction (MI), and result in a shorter time to definitive diagnosis and treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00560248

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

1897

Starts

2007-11-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-02-22

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients presenting with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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