Cardiac Elastography to Determine Strain and Strain Rates in the Heart

Completed

Conditions studied: Heart Disease

In brief

Cardiac elastography is a new technique to analyze strain and strain rates in many organ systems, including the heart. In this study, cardiac elastography derived from the analysis of raw radiofrequency data obtained from a conventional clinical echocardiograph system will be compared to processed information that comes from the same echocardiograph system. The purpose of this study is to determine if cardiac elastography can accurately determine strain and strain rates as compared to more conventional means.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00205387

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

100

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy normal volunteers between the ages of 18-70
• Patients scheduled for clinical echocardiogram between the ages of 18-70 who have known heart disease caused by myocardial infarction or cardiomyopathy

You may not qualify if…

• Patients less than 18 years old, or greater than 70 years old
• Patients who do not have adequate quality echocardiographic images.

Where it is running

• University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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