Status:

UNKNOWN

Quantitative Assessment of RV Strain Using cMRI Following Catheter Intervention on PE

Lead Sponsor:

University of Arizona

Conditions:

Right Ventricular Failure

Pulmonary Embolism

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a condition in which the vessels carrying blood to the lungs become suddenly blocked, usually by a blood clot. There are a number of adverse consequences that result, ...

Detailed Description

Pulmonary embolism occurs when embolic material (usually clot in the venous system) travels to the heart and lodges in the pulmonary vasculature. This obstruction, if significant, can lead to pulmonar...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants will be patients who present to the emergency department or are inpatients in the hospital, who are found to have a diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (confirmed by computed tomography pulmonary angiography), and who have been referred to Interventional Radiology for evaluation for CDT. Patients appropriate for recruitment into this study will have large PEs involving lobar branches or more central segments of the pulmonary arteries.

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria will be limited to prisoners, pregnant women, patients for whom English or Spanish is not a first language, severe claustrophobia, and other routine contraindications for MRI. Patients with massive PE (resulting in hemodynamic instability) will not be appropriate participants for this study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2017

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03341208

Start Date

December 1 2017

End Date

December 1 2019

Last Update

November 14 2017

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