Finnish Genetic Study for Arrhythmic Events (FinGesture)

University of Oulu

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute Coronary Event; Sudden Cardiac Death

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02075866

Uoulu-FinGesture

Details and patient eligibility

About

Finnish Genetic Study for Arrhythmic Events (FinGesture is a prospective case-control study assessing the characteristics and genetic background of consecutive series of autopsy verified out-of-hospital victims of SCD vs. survivors of an acute coronary event in a specific geographical area in northern Finland.

Enrollment: 8,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sudden cardiac death verified by medicolegal autopsy (cases)
• Acute coronary event (increased troponin levels/ECG markers of ischemia/angina pectoris; two out of three criteria) (controls).

Exclusion criteria

• Sudden death due to other causes (cases).
• Acute coronary event patients who died during hospitalization (controls).