Vest Prevention of Early Sudden Death Trial and VEST Registry (VEST)
Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Dysfunction, Sudden Death
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Myocardial Infarction focused on measuring myocardial infarction, acute, myocardial infarction, ventricular dysfunction, death, sudden, cardiac, death, sudden, death, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, defibrillation, electric, cardioversion, electric, electric countershock, defibrillators, external
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients identified in the hospital or within 7 days after discharge with a diagnosis of an acute MI (STEMI or Non-STEMI)
LV ejection fraction ≤35% determined at the following time point:
- If no PCI within the first 8 hours following the MI: ≥ 8 hours after MI
- If acute PCI occurs within 8 hours of MI: ≥8 hours after PCI
- If CABG is planned (before or within 7 days of discharge), wait to enroll and then use the most recent assessment at least 48 hours post CABG
- Age ≥ 18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Existing ICD or indication for an ICD at the time of screening
- Existing unipolar pacemakers/leads
- Chronic renal failure requiring hemodialysis after hospital discharge
- Chest circumference too small or too large for LifeVest garment*
- Participants discharged to an institutional setting with an anticipated stay > 7 days
- Pregnancy
- Inability to consent
- Any other condition or circumstance that in the judgment of the clinician makes the participant unsuitable for the study.
Sites / Locations
- Alaska Heart Institute
- Cardiovascular Consultants Heart Center
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Colorado
- Hartford Hospital
- Christiana Care Health Services
- University of Florida
- Watson Clinic for Research, Inc.
- Melbourne Cardiac Resarch Institute
- Florida Heart Group/Florida Hospital
- Advocate Christ Hospital
- Lutheran General
- The Heart Group/Deaconess Hospital
- Indiana University
- St. Vincent Medical Group
- Western Kentucky Heart and Lung
- University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute
- Ochsner Clinic
- Tufts Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- University of Massachusetts Memorial
- The Valley Hospital
- Presbyterian Heart Group
- Albany Associates in Cardiology
- Montefiore Medical Center
- United Health Services
- Long Island Jewish Hospital
- St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital Center
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- Huntington Hospital
- University Cardiovascular Associates (Rochester)
- Stony Brook University
- University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill
- Duke University Medical Center
- Wake Heart Research
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Cleveland Clinic
- University Hospital Case Medical Center
- North Ohio Heart Center-North Ohio Research
- Cardiovascular Research Center, LLC/Mercy St Vincent
- Oklahoma Heart Institute-Hillcrest
- Oregon Heart & Vascular
- Chambersburg Hospital
- Geisinger Heart Institute
- The Guthrie Clinic/Guthrie Medical Group
- Brown Medical School-Rhode Island Hospital
- Providence/South Carolina Heart Center
- McLeod Health/Pee Dee Cardiology
- Wellmont Holston Valley
- Turkey Creek Medical Center
- Baylor University Medical Center
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Carilion Clinic
- Cardiac Study Center
- Med. Uniklinik Heidelberg
- Herzzentrum Duisburg Kaiser-Wilhelm-Krankenhaus
- Klinikum Links der Weser gGmbh Klinik
- Klinikum Göttingen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen
- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Universitätsklinikum Mannheim
- Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny
- Specjalistyczna Poradnia Kardiologiczna
- Mc Tronik
- Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnetrznych w Rzeszowie
- II Klinika Choroby Wiencowej, Instytut Kardiologii (Institute of Cardiology, Clinic II)
- Medical University of Warsaw
- Institute of Cardiology
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Wearable defibrillator
Conventional treatment
subjects in the Device Group will receive a LifeVest® wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (manufacturer: ZOLL Medical Corporation) plus guideline-directed medical therapy for post-myocardial infarction patients
subjects in the Control Group will only receive guideline-directed medical therapy for post-myocardial infarction patients