Recruiting
Observation study of Acute Heart Failure patients, sponsored by Christchurch Heart Institute. University of Otago
Get in touch This trial recruits from July 2007 for 702 weeks
Ms Lorraine Skelton
Phone: +643 364 1063
Fax: +643 364 1115
Email: lorraine.skelton@cdhb.health.nz
Address:
Christchurch Heart Institute
Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch 8140
Inclusion Criteria
Age: From 18 years
Gender: Both males and females
Eligible patients who report shortness of breath not due to trauma as their primary complaint upon presentation to the ED.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients under 18 years of age or unable to provide consent are excluded. Patients with an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and patients on haemodialysis for renal failure are also excluded.
ACTRNACTRN12614000948695
Evaluating the effectiveness of signal peptides in diagnosing pneumonia and heart failure in patients who present with acute shortness of breath.
SIGNal peptides Indicative For Immediate Cardiac and Anti-pneumonic Treatment in acute Heart Failure