Status:
COMPLETED
Validating TEE Measurements of Right Ventricular Function
Lead Sponsor:
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Conditions:
Ventricular Function, Right
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is becoming a more prevalent method of monitoring and diagnosis in the perioperative setting for critically ill patients and patients undergoing cardiac surgery....
Detailed Description
Traditionally, all echocardiographic measurements have been studied utilizing TTE. Therefore the normal values and ranges for pathology findings have been defined by transthoracic means alone. TEE off...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery requiring TEE
Exclusion
- Patient who do not wish to consent
- Patients with contraindications to TEE
- Urgent or emergent cardiac surgery
- Patients with preexisting open chest
- Patients with intrathoracic hardware (VAD, thoracostomy tube, etc)
- Non-English speaking subjects
- Cognitively impaired adults
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 18 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 10 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
126 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03264183
Start Date
September 18 2017
End Date
October 10 2018
Last Update
June 24 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033