Paced Electrocardiogram Requiring Fast Emergent Coronary Therapy (PERFECT) Study

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Acute Myocardial Infarction

In brief

The number of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED), including ventricular pacemakers, continues to increase. However, there are no accurate electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria to diagnose acute myocardial infarction (AMI), even if due to acute coronary occlusion (ACO), with a ventricular pacemaker in situ. In this retrospective, multicenter, case-control study the investigators will examine ECG criteria to diagnose ACO in patients with ventricular paced rhythms. During this process, the investigators will also create a database from which investigators will be able to answer multiple additional questions on this population of patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02765477

Run by

Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

People needed

1500

Starts

2016-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 year old at least, ischemic symptoms (e.g., chest pain, shortness of breath, etc.), ventricular paced rhythm on the Electrocardiogram (ECG).

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion from Primary Analysis:
• Extreme tachycardia (heart rate > 130 bpm) at the time of presentation
• Severe hypertension (diastolic blood pressure > 120 mmHg) at the time of presentation
• Respiratory failure (defined as need for positive pressure ventilation) due to pulmonary edema at the time of presentation.
• Hyperkalemia (serum potassium > 5.5 mEq/L) at the time of presentation.

Where it is running

• Hennepin County Medical Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (enrolling)

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