Acute Myocardial Infarction
Conditions
Keywords
Monitoring, Myocardial infarction, Clinical trial
Brief summary
Verify the effectiveness of a Heart Monitor in preventing events in patients over 18 years after acute myocardial infarction in a clinical unit. Patients with neurological disease or congenital heart disease we excluded from the study.
Detailed description
Heart Monitor can detect early intercurrences. Objective: To verify the effectiveness of a Heart Monitoring system in preventing events in patients after acute myocardial infarction. Methodology: This is a randomized clinical trial to be developed in a clinical unit and will include patients over 18 years , post-acute myocardial infarction who were transferred from the ICU emergency or hemodynamic to clinical unit. Patients with neurological disease or congenital heart disease will be excluded from the study.
Interventions
DEVICEHeart monitor
Use of heart monitor device in the patients after acute myocardium infarct.
DEVICENo heart monitor
Standard monitoring by nurses.
Sponsors
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients over 18 years * patients post-acute myocardial infarctium
Exclusion criteria
* patients with neurological disease * patients with congenital heart disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heart rhythm monitoring | One year | Evaluating the effectiveness of a heart monitoring device in the prevention and detection of events in patients after acute myocardial infarction |
Contacts
Primary Contactsilvia goldmeier, doctor
Backup Contactmanoela vargas, student
Outcome results
None listed