Use of Defibrillator Information in the Emergency Department

Completed

Conditions studied: Congestive Heart Failure, Medical Device

In brief

This is a study to determine the feasibility of obtaining information stored in existing Medtronic internal defibrillators in patients who present to the Emergency Department(ED) for any reason. In addition, the study will determine if this information is useful to the ED physician in managing the patient's care, specifically as it relates to heart failure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00708058

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

50

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2010-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-20

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age 18 or older
• Medtronic IACD present on arrival to Emergency Dept.

You may not qualify if…

• minors
• prisoners
• non-Medtronic AICD
• unable to provide consent
• no telephone for 30 day follow up call

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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