Status:
COMPLETED
Automatic External Defibrillation Monitoring in Cardiac Arrest
Lead Sponsor:
Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research, Inc.
Collaborating Sponsors:
Emory University
Conditions:
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Ventricular Fibrillation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
We propose to randomize automatic external cardioverter/defibrillators (AECD) in patients who are at high risk for life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and are admitted to the telemet...
Detailed Description
Cardiac arrest (CA) is defined as the sudden cessation of effective cardiac pumping function as a result of either ventricular asystole (inactivity of the heart) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia/v...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients admitted to telemetry ward and emergency department
- Age \> 18 years.
Exclusion
- Pregnant women
- Patients with R wave less than 0.5 millivolts.
- Patients with functioning Internal Cardiac Device.
- Patients with cardiac pacemakers if oversensing by AECD is demonstrated (double counting of pacer spikes).
- Patients with visible chest lesions that would prevent AECD pad placement.
- Patients who are designated Do Not Resuscitate.
- Right bundle branch block.
- Patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Patients with seizure disorders
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
192 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00382928
Start Date
October 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
July 15 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Atlanta Veterans Adminstration Medical Center
Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30033