Status:
TERMINATED
Pulmonary Blood Flow Measurements in CHF Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Echosense Ltd.
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Brief Summary
Historically, transthoracic Doppler echocardiography has been unable to provide interpretable data of blood flow within the lung parenchyma because of air attenuation of Doppler signals. Recently, a t...
Detailed Description
This new system was previously studied among 31 healthy volunteers and one subject with atrial fibrillation.1 Pulsed spectral Doppler signals were obtained over the chest wall using a signal processin...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria
- Age over 50 years
- Belongs to one of the following categories:
- A. Decompensated CHF: patients with overt pulmonary congestion or pulmonary edema on admission, evident both clinically and by chest x-ray. Patients may be with or without a Swan-Ganz catheter.
- B. Compensated CHF: patients with significant CHF (NYHA II-IV) who are well controlled and without evidence of pulmonary congestion or pulmonary edema on admission.
- C. Non-CHF controls: patients without CHF and without any of the following: pulmonary hypertension, any known pulmonary disease, uncontrolled hypertension.
- Signed Informed Consent
Exclusion
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Asthma Interstitial lung disease Any other obstructive or restrictive lung diseases Pneumonia- currently or in the past 3 months prior to inclusion Current or past pulmonary embolism Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema or lung injury (e.g. ARDS) Right sided pleural effusion that is not mild Severe kyphosis, scoliosis or chest wall deformity
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2012
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01831713
Start Date
September 1 2012
End Date
April 1 2015
Last Update
July 15 2015
Active Locations (1)
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1
NSLIJ Lenox Hill hospital, 100East 77 Street
New York, New York, United States, 10075