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T-Wave Alternans in Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Evaluation of the Time of Testing on Its Prognostic Accuracy

NCT00589849 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2011-10-05

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Summary

T-wave alternans is an electrocardiographic finding that has been shown to predict the occurrence of future cardiac arrhythmias in patients who have had a heart attack. What is unknown about T-wave alternans testing is when is the best time to perform the test. In most studies, T-wave alternans testing is conducted 4 weeks or more after a heart attack. It is unknown if T-wave alternans testing performed prior to hospital discharge in heart attack patients is reliable. The objective of this project is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of T-wave alternans testing performed prior to hospital discharge and again at 30 days after hospital discharge in patients who have suffered a heart attack.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

T-wave Alternans

T-wave alternans is an electrocardiographic finding that is defined as the beat-to beat fluctuation in the amplitude or shape of T wave

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Creighton University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aryan Mooss, MD · Creighton University

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • United States

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