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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a major public health problem and its diagnosis remains a challenge for the emergency physician. The European Society of Cardiology recommends a troponin dosage and renew it if necessary during any suspicion of ACS. However, the criteria leading to initiate a diagnostic procedure during chest pain are imprecise. The fear is, on the one hand, to miss a potentially vital diagnosis and, on the other hand, to expose a large number of patients to unnecessary examinations.
The CARE rule (also known as HEAR score) seems to streamline this first step. It assigns a value of 0 to 2 using 4 items: Characteristic of pain, Age, Risk factors and Electrocardiogram (ECG). The search for an ACS is not justified if the sum of the points is <2 (negative rule) and, inversely, a troponin determination must be carried out if the sum is > 1 (positive rule).
The aim of the study is to demonstrate the safety and interest of the CARE rule associated with the HEART score to streamline ACS's diagnostic approach to thoracic pain in emergencies departments.
Data collected in this study are not anticipated to be published in a data repository. However, data will be shared per requested need to researchers, upon presentation of a structured protocol, when approved by the competent ethic committee and approved by the steering committee.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral | No Intervention | Suggested to follow European Society of Cardiology guidelines for NSTEMI | |
| CARE score | Active Comparator | calculation of the CARE score and prescription for troponins assays or not according to the result (score > 1: troponins assays ; score < 2: no troponins assays) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARE score | Other | CARE score calculation |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of major cardiac events | Myocardial infarction, percutaneous or surgical coronary reperfusion, certain or potential cardiac death, or surviving cardiac arrest | 30 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of major cardiac events for the intention to treat study population | 30 days | |
| Number of troponin assays in the intention to treat population | 2 days | |
| Time spent in the emergency department in the intention to treat population |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc | Brussels | Belgium | ||||
| CHU de Liège |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36600358 | Derived | Moumneh T, Penaloza A, Charpentier S, Douillet D, Prunier F, Riou J, Roy PM. Efficacy of HEAR and HEART score to rule out major adverse cardiac events in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain: study protocol of the eCARE stepped-wedge randomised control trial. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 6;12(12):e066953. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066953. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D002637 | Chest Pain |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| 2 days |
| Liège |
| Belgium |
| CHU Angers | Angers | France |
| Centre Hospitalier de Cholet | Cholet | France |
| CHD Vendée | La Roche-sur-Yon | 85925 | France |
| CH Le Mans | Le Mans | France |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes | Rennes | France |
| CH de Saint-Brieuc | Saint-Brieuc | France |
| CH de Saint-Malo | St-Malo | France |
| CHU Toulouse | Toulouse | France |
| CHU de Tours | Tours | France |