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EMEPIC : Value of a Mobile Team of Cardiologist Using Echocardiography for Managing Patients With Acute Heart Failure

NCT00568165 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 504

Last updated 2010-10-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to compare clinical management of patients with acute decompensation of heart failure, hospitalized in non cardiological ward, with the use of a mobile team including a cardiologist with portable echocardiography and standard care. The hypothesis is that a mobile team will lead to shorter hospitalization.

Conditions

  • Acute Heart Failure
  • Congestive Edema
  • Cardiac Disease

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Mobile team

a mobile team including a cardiologist with mobile echocardiography, systematic follow up à 3 days, a dietician advice in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure in a non cardiology ward

PROCEDURE

Standard care

Standard care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guillaume JONDEAU, MD, PhD · UNIVERSITY PARIS 7

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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