January 1, 2018BMJ OpenOpen Access

Evaluation and management of patients with acute chest pain in China (EMPACT): protocol for a prospective, multicentre registry study

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Population

10,000 patients with acute chest pain or suspected ACS presenting to the emergency department across 22…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

30 days

Authors

WZWen ZhengShanghai Jiao Tong University JWJiali WangSichuan Agricultural University FXFeng XuGuiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Registry data reveal high ACS proportion and care gaps in Chinese EDs; leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective trials.

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Population

10,000 patients with acute chest pain or suspected ACS presenting to the emergency department across 22 public hospitals in Shandong province, China.

Outcome

Composite endpoint of adjudicated major adverse cardiac events in 30 days after presentation, including death from all causes, non-fatal myocardial infarction, urgent revascularisation, stroke, cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shockcomposite

The EMPACT study protocol outlines a prospective registry to evaluate the baseline characteristics, management, and 30-day outcomes of 10,000 emergency department patients with acute chest pain in China.

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Zheng et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9072dee02ba012352dbd2d https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017872

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Evaluation and management of patients with acute chest pain in China (EMPACT): protocol for a prospective, multicentre registry study

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Evaluation and management of patients with acute chest pain in China (EMPACT): protocol for a prospective, multicentre registry study

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