The SWISSHEART Failure Network (SHFN)

NCT ID: NCT05603247

Last Updated: 2022-12-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

8000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-01

Study Completion Date

2023-03-03

Brief Summary

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A retrospective cohort study will be conducted on patients who were hospitalized at the University Hospital Basel (USB), University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), University Hospital Geneva (HUG) and the University Hospital Zurich (USZ) with the diagnosis of AMI and/or AHF. Baseline data will be collected in the hospital during treatment will be complemented by a short outcome evaluation.

Detailed Description

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The SWISSHEART Failure (SHF) Registry collects retrospectively Swiss-wide standardized clinical, laboratory, raw data electrocardiograms (ECG) and transthoracic echocardiographies (TTE) of a large number of patients hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure (AHF) or for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), this latter group being at risk of developing heart failure as a consequence of the AMI episode.

Using state-of-the-art statistics and machine learning (ML)-based analyses, This project aims to improve prediction and prevention of heart failure (HF) in AMI patients and understand progression or regression of HF in AHF patients.

Conditions

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Heart Failure Acute Acute Myocardial Infarction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and acute heart failure (AHF)

All patients identified with the respective International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10th revision codes for AMI and/or the phenotype of "AHF" will undergo detailed medical review to verify patients' diagnosis of AMI and/or AHF according to current European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines that are reflected in the subsequent inclusion criteria.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Female or male patients, age \> 18 years
2. Hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of AMI

a) ST-segment elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and Non-STEMI (NSTEMI) have to fulfil the 4th universal definition of myocardial infarction.
* Acute myocardial injury with dynamic cardiac troponin (cTn) changes (at least one value above 99th per-centile URL) AND
* At least ONE of the following:

* Symptoms of myocardial ischemia
* New ischemic ECG changes or new pathological Q waves
* Imaging evidence of new loss of viable myocardium or new regional wall motion abnormality consistent with ischemic etiology
* Intracoronary thrombus on angiography (or autopsy) AND/OR
3. Hospitalization with a primary diagnosis of AHF based on the following criteria:

1. Symptoms: progressive dyspnoea, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, AND/OR progressive peripheral oedema, weight gain.

AND at least TWO of the following:
2. Signs: basal pulmonary rales AND/OR peripheral oedema, jugular vein dilatation OR
3. N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) within 24 hours \>450 pg/ml if age \<50 years, \>900 pg/ml if age 50-75 years, \>1800 pg/ml if age \>75 years) OR BNP \>400 pg/ml. Cut-offs need to be reduced by 50% in case of severe obesity (BMI \>35) OR
4. Treatment of AHF within 24 h using the following drugs i) increased diuretics. iv furosemide or increased po furosemide or torasemide ii) inotropes (dobutamine, dopamine, levosimendan, milrinone) iii) i.v. or s.l. vasodilators (nitroglycerine, isosorbide dinitrate) iv) vasopressors (norepinephrine) OR e) Echocardiographic features (within 72 hours) -- automated TTE downloads left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<40% or estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) \>40 mmHg or increased estimated right atrium pressure (RA) pressure above 10 mmHg (VCI size / resp. motion)


1. Female or male patients, age \> 18 years
2. ECG and TTE recording performed within 5 days of each other
3. TTE is labelled as "normal".
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Geneva

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

ETH Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Christian M Matter, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Zurich

Locations

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University Hospital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

University Hospital, Bern

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status

University Hospital, Geneva

Geneva, , Switzerland

Site Status

University Hospital, Zurich

Zurich, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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SHFN Swissheart

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id