The BEACON Registry: Best Expert Agreement for Care of Occult Myocardial Infarction (MI) Nationally

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Chest Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00560248

CCF2007-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this registry is to assess and improve the process of care and health outcomes of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin. The study will identify which methods facilitate the diagnosis and risk stratification of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non STEMI, including patients with occult myocardial infarction (MI), and result in a shorter time to definitive diagnosis and treatment.

Full description

The BEACON Registry is a multi-center data collection and follow-up registry. Participating Sites will collect information on patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with chest pain. The purpose of the BEACON Registry is to evaluate the impact of new technologies, practice patterns and initiatives on patient time to diagnosis, patient time to treatment, patient survival and overall economics.

Enrollment: 1,897 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients presenting with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

1,897 participants in 1 patient group

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Description:

Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin.