Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:54 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:54 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02717702
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Any patient presenting to the ED with clinical suspicion of ACS as determined by the treating emergency physician. These include symptoms including but not limited to chest pain, pressure, or burning sensation across the precordium.
* Age 40 years or older.
* As part of their usual clinical care, the subject is scheduled to have a cardiac stress test. This includes nuclear (adenosine, regadenosine, or other adjunct with SPECT), either pharmacologic (dobutamine) or exercise (treadmill) echocardiography, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Prior cardiac testing or observation unit evaluation is not an exclusion criterion.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patient with cardiac marker diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction or who otherwise is not a candidate for a cardiac stress test.
* Evidence of serious arrhythmias or acute MI or ischemia on ECG
* Unstable vital signs: persistent (\> 2 readings or over 2 hours) hypotension (systolic blood pressure \< 80 mm Hg), pulse \> 110 beats per minute.
* Any medical condition that would be worsened by cardiac stress
* Aortic aneurysm or dissection
* Active myocarditis or pericarditis
* Ventricular dysrhythmia or significant atrial dysrhythmia
* Severe or greater degree of aortic stenosis
* Acute or decompensated heart failure or pulmonary edema
* Pulmonary embolism
* Aortic aneurysm
* Patient is non-English speaking.
* Patient is incarcerated or a prisoner.
* Patient does not have capacity to consent.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Study:
NCT02717702
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02717702