Status:

COMPLETED

Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Outcome Risk Determination

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Flutter

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

It is our hypotheses that 1) readily available Emergency Department data can be utilized in an Atrial Fibrillation clinical prediction rule to identify those patients at low or high risk for adverse o...

Detailed Description

AF: Impact on Present and Future National Health Over 2 million people in the United States have Atrial Fibrillation, the most common sustained arrhythmia.1 That number of patients is expected to incr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ED patients 18 years and older
  • Provide informed consent
  • Have a documented diagnosis of AF or atrial flutter on electrocardiogram or rhythm strip from an ED, prehospital provider or outside medical facility on day of enrollment.
  • Present with signs (tachycardia, dyspnea) or symptoms (palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, lightheadedness, pre-syncope, or syncope) consistent with primary symptomatic AF
  • Patients whose primary complaint is not directly related to their AF diagnosis (e.g. evaluation for febrile illness, gastrointestinal complaint, injury) BUT have a secondary complaint consistent with symptomatic AF that requires ED evaluation (e.g. new AF diagnosis, AF associated with inadequate rate control (defined as resting heart rate greater than 100bon), AF associated with heart failure symptoms, AF in the setting of CVA or TIA, AF associated with other thromboembolic complications).

Exclusion

  • Patients who are under the age of 18
  • Previously enrolled patients
  • ED patients who present with complaints unrelated to their AF (e.g. sprained ankle,pharyngitis) and have adequately rate (\<100 bpm at rest) or rhythm controlled-AF.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

519 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01138644

Start Date

June 1 2010

End Date

April 1 2015

Last Update

April 29 2015

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Emergency Medicine

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-4700