Wiser Choices in Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Conditions studied: Acute Myocardial Infarction

In brief

Patients who are hospitalized because of a heart attack are prescribed a number of medicines to help the heart heal. The investigators will examine different ways in which clinicians share information about those treatment options with patients and the impact that this can have on patients' choices and health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00888537

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

107

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-03-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between the ages of 18 and 90
• Hospitalized at Saint Marys Hospital
• A primary diagnosis of AMI,
• Have heart rate, blood pressure, troponin and creatinine measurements,
• There is an intention to offer treatment medications
• Are able and willing to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Have not had a myocardial infarction
• Have significant cognitive, visual impairment,
• Non-English speaker
• Have a Do Not Intubate/Do Not Resuscitate (DNI/DNR) status
• Will be discharged to a nursing home
• AMI is not the presumptive diagnosis

Where it is running

• Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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