Status:
COMPLETED
Stress Echo and Electric Impedance Tomography (EIT) Pilot Study
Lead Sponsor:
RWTH Aachen University
Conditions:
Electric Impedance Tomography
Stress Echocardiography
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Electric Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a technique based on the injection of small currents and voltage measurements using electrodes on the skin surface generating cross-sectional images representing...
Detailed Description
In 15 patients who routinely have to undergo stress echocardiography Electric Impedance Tomography (EIT) measurements are performed parallel to measurements of cardiac output at rest, low stress gener...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- male patients \>18 years who routinely have to undergo stress echocardiography
- ejection fraction \>50%
- able to give informed consent
Exclusion
- restrictive lung diseases
- active implants and heart pace makers and implanted converter defibrillator
- foreign metallic objects in the thorax
- Not adequate quality of imaging of stress echocardiography
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
8 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01168557
Start Date
July 1 2010
End Date
September 1 2012
Last Update
November 27 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Aachen
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 52074