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Construction of coronary heart disease cohort of more than 10000 patients in China. Investigation on current situation of secondary prevention of CHD will be carried out and the effect of physician training and patient education will be evaluated.


Clinical Trial Description

More than 40 hospitals of 16 provinces will enroll patients for this study. The study will include patients with diagnosed coronary heart disease. Investigators and all the physicians who will involve in daily care of CHD patients will have a brief training on guideline of secondary prevention in CHD and take a test on that. Questionnaires are used to evaluate patient's cognition of their diseases and knowledge on coronary heart disease. Patient education will be carried out during a 2 years follow up of all the patient enrolled before they are required to fill out another questionnaire. Physicians will also take a second test on secondary prevention of CHD at that time. Patients will take blood lipids and glucose test according to their physician's requirement.The effect of physician training and patient education will be evaluated by comparing the results of questionnaires and tests at the beginning of the study and in the end of the 2 years follow up. ;


Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective


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NCT number NCT00745628
Study type Observational
Source Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China
Contact Tao Hong, MD
Phone 86-10-66551122
Email dr_hongtao@163.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date May 2008
Completion date December 2010

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