Electron Beam Computed Tomography in the selection of (the) patients with chest pain in the practice of the general practitioner.

Electron Beam Computed Tomography in the selection of (the) patients with chest pain in the practice of the general practitioner. - EBT-GP

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON30012

Enrollment

128

Registered

2006-06-27

Start date

2007-04-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-08-26

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Conditions

atherosclerose coronary artery calcification

Interventions

The patients will undergo the ETT and EBCT. The patient with negative results of both investigations will be reassured by GP. If one of the investigations will show any abnormalities, the GP is advi

MIBI).

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) patients above the age of 40 years and below 75 years 2) patients with typical angina pectoris complaints 3) patients without a history of cardiac event

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) patients with myocardial infarct, coronary artery bypass graft and/or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the medical history 2) pregnant patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Ischemia on the MIBI scan is the primary endpoint of this study. The predictive value for the occurence of ischemia on the MIBI scan will be compared between positive EBCT and positive ETT test results.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
n.a.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)