Magnetocardiography (MCG) in the Diagnosis of Chest Pain Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Chest Pain

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate a better way of diagnosing heart artery disease, heart attack and damage to the heart muscle early on. Currently, it often takes several hours after admission before lab tests will show that there has been any damage to the heart muscle. Although the standard electrocardiogram is quick and non-painful it may miss many cases of significant coronary heart disease. The investigators are proposing that a new entirely non-contact tool, the Magnetocardiograph (MCG), with high accuracy is able to predict the presence of significant coronary heart disease early on before other studies become positive. The investigators hope by this that the investigators can develop an algorithm for better triage and management of patients with chest pain. This research study is designed to test the effectiveness of the investigational use of the Magnetocardiograph (MCG) that has been approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While the MCG used in the study is FDA-approved as a tool for the non-contact measurement and display of the magnetic fields of the heart generated by the electrical currents, it is not yet approved for the specific diagnosis of heart artery disease (ischemia).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00572949

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

People needed

398

Starts

2004-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-11-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with chest pain syndrome

You may not qualify if…

• ST elevation MI
• Hemodynamically unstable patients
• Tachycardia with heart rate >150 just prior to testing or at time of testing
• A-V Dissociation on 12-lead ECG
• Patients with pacemakers or internal defibrillators
• Minors < 18 years of age
• Patients unable to lie flat for the examination

Where it is running

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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