Arrhythmia, Congenital Heart Defect, Heart Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Training Protocol, Cardiac Diagnosis, Congenital Heart Disease, Acquired Heart Disease, Arrhythmias
Brief summary
There is an important need to maintain clinical skills, provide quality training and expertise, and provide an environment that stimulates ideas for clinical research. This study permits inpatient evaluation and management of patients with heart disease who do not qualify to participate in studies currently being conducted by the Cardiology Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Detailed description
There is an important need to maintain clinical skills, to ensure adequate training and expertise, and provide an environment that stimulates ideas for clinical research. This protocol permits inpatient evaluation and management of patients with heart disease who do not fulfill criteria for participation in existing Cardiology Branch research protocols.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALinpatient evaluation and management
Sponsors
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients with signs or symptoms of heart disease. Patients selected because of either medical or research interest to the Principal Investigator. Patients must not have unstable angina pectoris, unstable course following recent (within one month) myocardial infarction. Must not be in New York Heart Association functional class IV heart failure. A positive pregnancy test will obviate any cardiovascular testing requiring ionizing radiation.
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed