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Atrial Fibrillation at the Viennese University Emergency Department

— Observational Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Flutter

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Austria
Next step
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Official title

Atrial Fibrillation Registry at the Emergency Department of the Medical University of Vienna: A Tool for Structured Diagnosis and Treatment

Overview

The results of this study could imply that a atrial fibrillation registry, as a tool for structured diagnosis and therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation, may improve patient care for this rapidly growing population.

Detailed description

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with stroke being an especially important and potentially devastating complication. The number of patients with atrial fibrillation is likely to increase 2.5-fold during the next 50 years, reflecting the growing proportion of elderly individuals. Emergency departments play a central role in diagnosis and treatment (rhythm and rate control, initiation of anticoagulatory therapy for stroke prevention) of atrial fibrillation. Additionally, embolic (e.g. stroke, mesenteric ischemia) complications of atrial fibrillation and bleeding complications (e.g. gastrointestinal and intracranial) of anticoagulatory therapy are likewise treated at emergency departments.

Therefor the investigators hypothesis implies that the atrial fibrillation registry could serve as a tool for structured diagnosis and therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and therefore may improve patient care. Additionally, diagnostic and therapeutic shortcomings by analyzing registry data may be detected.

Primary outcome measures

  • Number of participants with major adverse cardiac events [Time frame: Follow up (10 years)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Number of successfully conducted cardioversions [Time frame: Follow up (10 years)]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with atrial fibrillation treated at the Emergency Department of the Medical University of Vienna
  • Signed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Inclusion criteria not met

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Observational model
Cohort

Study locations

Austria · 1 center
  • Emergency Department, Medical University Vienna — Vienna

Publications

  • Go AS, Hylek EM, Phillips KA, Chang Y, Henault LE, Selby JV, Singer DE. Prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation in adults: national implications for rhythm management and stroke prevention: the AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study. JAMA. 2001 May 9;285(18):2370-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.285.18.2370. PMID 11343485
  • Risk factors for stroke and efficacy of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation. Analysis of pooled data from five randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Jul 11;154(13):1449-57. PMID 8018000
  • Lip GY, Tean KN, Dunn FG. Treatment of atrial fibrillation in a district general hospital. Br Heart J. 1994 Jan;71(1):92-5. doi: 10.1136/hrt.71.1.92. PMID 8297706
  • Benjamin EJ, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Silbershatz H, Kannel WB, Levy D. Impact of atrial fibrillation on the risk of death: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 1998 Sep 8;98(10):946-52. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.98.10.946. PMID 9737513
  • O'Reilly DJ, Hopkins RB, Healey JS, Dorian P, Sauriol L, Tarride JE, Burke N, Goeree RA. The burden of atrial fibrillation on the hospital sector in Canada. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Feb;29(2):229-35. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.03.023. Epub 2012 May 30. PMID 22652091
  • Domanovits H, Schillinger M, Thoennissen J, Nikfardjam M, Janata K, Brunner M, Laggner AN. Termination of recent-onset atrial fibrillation/flutter in the emergency department: a sequential approach with intravenous ibutilide and external electrical cardioversion. Resuscitation. 2000 Aug 1;45(3):181-7. doi: 10.1016/s0300-9572(00)00180-5. PMID 10959017
  • Vinson DR, Hoehn T, Graber DJ, Williams TM. Managing emergency department patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation. J Emerg Med. 2012 Feb;42(2):139-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.017. Epub 2010 Jul 15. PMID 20634022
  • von Besser K, Mills AM. Is discharge to home after emergency department cardioversion safe for the treatment of recent-onset atrial fibrillation? Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Dec;58(6):517-20. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.06.014. Epub 2011 Jul 29. PMID 22098994

Identifiers

NCT: NCT03272620 · 98765

Primary sources (government registries)

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