Heart attack patients monitored for new AFib risk
NCT ID NCT05511649
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study tracked 832 heart attack patients in China who developed new-onset atrial fibrillation during their hospital stay. Researchers used continuous heart monitoring to see how the amount of AFib affected risks like death, another heart attack, or heart failure. The goal is to better understand which patients need closer follow-up.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better predict risks and tailor care for heart attack patients who develop new atrial fibrillation.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it cannot directly improve outcomes. Results may not apply outside China or to other hospital settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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832 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with post-MI NOAF
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients hospitalized for AMI including both STEMI and NSTEMI between January 2014 and January 2022 at the CCU department of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, KaiFeng Central Hospital, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. 2. Patients who developed a first documented AF (NOAF) during the index AMI hospitalization; 3. Adult patients (\>18 years old). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with a medical history of pre-existing AF; 2. Patients with a medical history of rheumatic valvular disease; 3. Patients with a medical history of sick sinus syndrome; 4. Patients undergoing emergent coronary artery bypass surgery; 5. Patients' medical records with serious deficiencies and CEM data cannot be retrieved;
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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KaiFeng Central Hospital
Kaifeng, Henan, China
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Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200072, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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