Acute Coronary Syndrome, Preventive cardiology, Secondary Prevention of Cardiovasculair disease, Nurse Specialists Acuut coronair syndroom, Preventieve Cardiologie, Secundaire Preventie van hart- en vaatziekten, Gespecialiceerde verpleegkundigen
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group is seen up to 4 times in 6 months following occurrence of acute coronary syndrome at a nurse-led outpatient clinic in addition to usual care. The nurse-led outpatient clinic focuses
Sponsors
Ron J.G. Peters, MD
Department of Cardiology
F3-236
Academic Medical Center
P.O. Box 22660
1100 DD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
phone +31 20 5666952
fax +31 20 5669747
Email r.j.peters@amc.uva.nl
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients between 18-80 years hospitalised less than 8 weeks before inclusion for an acute coronary syndrome, either unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction, will be included
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded if clinic visits are not feasible, if not available for follow-up, if surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention or other interventions are expected within 8 weeks, if life expectancy is considered limited, if previously enrolled in NLPC or if NYHA class 3 or 4 from heart failure.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Copenhagen Risk score at 12 months follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Smoking status 2. Exercise status 3. Body Mass Index 4. Waist-to-hip ratio 5. Blood pressure -Systolic blood pressure -Diastolic blood pressure 6. Glucose parameters -HbA1c -Fasting glucose 7. Lipid profile -Total cholesterol -HDL -LDL -Triglycerids 8. Change in Diabetes status Risk scores: - Copenhagen Risk score (at 6 months) - Europa-score26 - PROCAM-score27 - Euroscore28 - SF-36 - MacNew | — |
Contacts
Public ContactHarald Thune Jørstad
Academic Medical Center, Department of Cardiology F3-241
Outcome results
None listed