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Improving the Accuracy of Referrals of Patients With Chest Pain
Sponsor: VieCuri Medical Centre
Summary
This is a multicenter, prospective, investigator-initiated, randomized controlled trial aiming to reduce the percentage of non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) patients admitted to the cardiac emergency department (ED) by performing the modified HEART score by emergency medical transport (EMT) personnel.
Official title: A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve the accUracy of Referrals to the emerGency departmEnt of patieNts With chesT Pain by Using the Modified HEART Score in Emergency Medical Transport (URGENT 2.0)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
852
Start Date
2021-07-04
Completion Date
2026-03-03
Last Updated
2026-10-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
modified HEART score (including POC hs cTnI analysis)
The modified HEART score was developed in 2007 and has been validated to stratify the risk of short-term adverse cardiac events in patients with chest pain at the ED. Negative predictive value (NPV) of the modified HEART score for ACS as well as positive predictive value (PPV) for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) within 6 weeks after presentation is high. The modified HEART score is an acronym for history, ECG, age, risk factors and troponin at arrival.The components can be rated 0,1 or 2 points each and result in a total score between 0 and 10.
Standard care and triage according to the local (EMT)protocol.
Standard care and triage of chest pain patients according to the local (EMT)protocol.
Locations (2)
Laurentius Hospital Roermond
Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
Viecuri Medical Centre Northern Limburg
Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands