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Wiser Choices in Acute Myocardial Infarction

NCT00888537 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2016-03-21

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

OTHER

AMI Choice Decision Aid

The decision aid describes the risk of dying in the first six months following a heart attack without and with taking a bundle of medications to help the heart heal.

OTHER

Usual Care

Patients and clinicians in this arm will discuss medications to help the heart heal after a heart attack in their usual manner.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Henry Ting, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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