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Usefulness of Chest Wall Tenderness as Bedside Test to Exclude Acute Coronary Syndrome in Different Demographic Groups

NCT01724996 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2014-05-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine the significance of a simple bedside clinical test (chest wall tenderness) to exclude myocardial ischemia in different demographic groups.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Clinical examination: chest wall tenderness

The physical examination includes the testing of chest wall tenderness: Palpation of chest wall tenderness in lying 30° elevation of chest position. Flat index with standardized pressure where spontaneous maximum pain is reported (reproducible vs. not reproducible pain vs. no pain). Negative control (right side of chest mid-clavicle intercostal 6/7), reproducible vs. not reproducible pain vs. no pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Franzen, MD · University Hospital Zurich, Division of Internal Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

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