Reassessment Strategy in the Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly (IRIDIA)

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Myocardial Ischemia

Treatments: Other: Diagnosis strategy and subsequent therapeutic reassessment; Other: diagnosis reassessment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00224575

AOM03099

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite the effectiveness of beta-blockers and antiplatelet agents for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, this treatments are underused in the elderly because of diagnosis uncertainty and underuse of efficient treatment.

in a first time, diagnosis reassessment with invasive technique if necessary. in a second time, treatment reassessment.

Full description

not desired

Enrollment: 260 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients 75 of age or older hospitalized in a geriatric service and suspect of coronary heart disease

Exclusion criteria

• acute myocardial infarction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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260 participants in 1 patient group

1

Experimental group

Description:

Diagnosis strategy and subsequent therapeutic reassessment All patients are in that arms. They all receive the diagnosis reassessment strategy.

Treatment:

Other: Diagnosis strategy and subsequent therapeutic reassessment

Other: diagnosis reassessment