FINGER; Finland-Germany Myocardial Infarction Study (FINGER)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00828698 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: January 26, 2009
Last Update Posted
: January 26, 2009
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction | Other: No intervention |
Study Type : | Observational |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Finnish-German Prospective, Observational Follow-up Study on Risk Assessment of Mortality After Myocardial Infarction |
Study Start Date : | January 1996 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2000 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction patients | Other: No intervention |
- All cause mortality [ Time Frame: 10years ]
- Sudden cardiac death [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
- Consent to the study

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00828698
Finland | |
Oulu University Hospital | |
Oulu, Finland, FIN-90014 | |
Germany | |
Deutsches Herzzentrum | |
Munich, Germany, D-80636 |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Professor Heikki V Huikuri, University of Oulu |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00828698 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Finger-96 |
First Posted: | January 26, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 26, 2009 |
Last Verified: | January 2009 |
Keywords provided by University of Oulu:
Death, sudden All cause mortality |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infarction Myocardial Infarction Ischemia Pathologic Processes Necrosis |
Myocardial Ischemia Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases |