Simple checklist could replace uncomfortable heart scans for thousands

NCT ID NCT03455673

Summary

This study tested whether a simple checklist called the ATE score could safely identify patients who don't need an uncomfortable throat ultrasound to check for heart clots before a common heart procedure. Researchers enrolled over 3,000 patients scheduled for atrial fibrillation ablation to see if patients with a zero ATE score truly had no heart clots, potentially avoiding unnecessary scans. The goal was to confirm if this score is reliable enough to guide safer, more comfortable pre-procedure planning.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Hospitalier de Pau

    Pau, France

  • Groupe Hospitalier de la Rochelle Ré Aunis

    La Rochelle, France

  • Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière

    Paris, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CH Annecy Genevois

    Annecy, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CH Le Mans

    Le Mans, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CHR Metz Thionville

    Metz, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CHU Brest

    Brest, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CHU Nîmes

    Nîmes, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CHU Rouen

    Rouen, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CHU Saint Etienne

    Saint-Etienne, France

  • Service de cardiologie, CHU Toulouse

    Toulouse, France

  • Service de cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier du pays d'Aix

    Aix-en-Provence, France

  • Service de cardiologie, Clinique Saint Joseph

    Trélaze, France

  • Service de cardiologie, Hôpital privé du Confluent

    Nantes, France

  • University Hospital Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

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