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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
University of Oulu Medical Council of the Finnish Academy of Science Foundation for Cardiovascular Research Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie Kommission für Klinische Forschung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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Information provided by: | University of Oulu |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00828698 |
The purpose of this observational study is to find characteristics and risk stratification methods for identification of subjects who have increased risk of death, especially sudden cardiac death, after acute myocardial infarction.
Condition | Intervention |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction |
Other: No intervention |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Cohort, Prospective |
Official Title: | Finnish-German Prospective, Observational Follow-up Study on Risk Assessment of Mortality After Myocardial Infarction |
DNA samples from Finnish subjects in the study have been retained.
Study Start Date: | January 1996 |
Primary Completion Date: | January 2000 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction patients | Other: No intervention |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Consecutive patients who have been hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction from Munich, Germany and Oulu, Finland
Inclusion Criteria:
Finland | |
Oulu University Hospital | |
Oulu, Finland, FIN-90014 | |
Germany | |
Deutsches Herzzentrum | |
Munich, Germany, D-80636 |
Responsible Party: | University of Oulu ( Professor Heikki V Huikuri ) |
Study ID Numbers: | Finger-96 |
Study First Received: | January 23, 2009 |
Last Updated: | January 23, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00828698 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | Finland: Ethics Committee; Germany: Ethics Commission |
Death, sudden All cause mortality |
Necrosis Death Heart Diseases Myocardial Ischemia Death, Sudden |
Vascular Diseases Ischemia Infarction Myocardial Infarction |
Necrosis Heart Diseases Pathologic Processes Myocardial Ischemia Vascular Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Ischemia Infarction Myocardial Infarction |