non-STEMI myocardial infarction hartinfarct myocardial infarction HEART-score paramedics ambulance nurses pre-hospital
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All out-of-hospital patients visited by an ambulance with a pre-hospital suspicion of non-STEMI ACS at first medical contact Age ≥ 18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Comatose state - Cognitive impairment - Pregnancy - Shock - Cardiac asthma - Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia - Electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation - Endstage renal disease - No pre-hospital 12-lead ECG performed or available - An obvious non-cardiac cause for chest complaints (trauma, pneumothorax, pneumonia, etc.) - Strong suspicion of aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary endpoint is the occurrence of MACE within 6 weeks of inclusion. MACE includes: myocardial infarction, PCI, CABG, death by all causes. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are the occurrence of MACE within 6 months of inclusion, the number of patients that are secondarily referred to the hospital for cardiac reasons with a HEART score of ≤3 within 6 months after inclusion, discharge diagnosis of all patient primarily or secondarily referred to the hospital within 6 months after inclusion, health care costs, the number of inter-hospital transfers between PCI and non-PCI centres, length of hospital stay, performed diagnostics, cause of death, differences in patient characteristics between the low, intermediate and high risk groups, quality of life. | — |
Contacts
Isala klinieken, "De Weezenlanden", Department of Cardiology, Groot Wezenland 20