The Evaluation and Management of Patients With Acute ChesT Pain in China

Yuguo Chen8,374 enrolled

Overview

EMPACT is the first attempt to comprehensively evaluate the current emergency care of acute chest pain from a regional representative sample in China.Findings will allow new opportunities to facilitate the clinical quality improvements and ultimately reduce the mortality and health care burden in patients with acute chest pain. It also will help to establish a regional network and database for further research and performance improvement.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

8,374

Conditions

Acute Chest Pain Acute Coronary Syndrome

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria 1. Eighteen years and older 2. Presenting to the ED 3. With acute chest pain or suspected ACS 4. Symptoms occurring within 24 hours 5. Informed consent from patient or next of kin Exclusion criteria 1. Chest pain caused by trauma 2. Persisting or recurrent chest pain caused by rheumatic diseases or cancer 3. Transferred from another grade II or grade III hospital 4. Presenting to the ED again within 30 days after initial enrollment

Locations (1)

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

Jinan, Shandong, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Major adverse cardiac events (MACE)

The primary outcome was a composite of adjudicated MACEs, including death from all causes, non-fatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI), urgent revascularization, stroke, cardiac arrest, and cardiogenic shock.

Time frame: 30 days after presenting to the emergency departments(ED)

Secondary Outcomes

revisiting to ED and rehospitalization

Time frame: 30 days after presenting to the EDs

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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