Point-of-Care Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Assessing the Thoracic Aorta

Completed

Conditions studied: Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic, Aortic Dissection

In brief

The purpose of this prospective study is to compare point-of-care focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) to thoracic computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in the measurement of ascending aortic dimensions. We hypothesize that FOCUS will demonstrate good agreement with CTA in the measurement of ascending aortic dimensions and accurately detect dilation and aneurysmal disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01671618

Run by

Yale University

People needed

97

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients aged 18 years and older presenting to the ED for whom a thoracic CTA has been ordered.

You may not qualify if…

• Refusal of verbal consent for ultrasound.
• Inability to obtain informed written consent for data collection from either the patient or the patients decision-making surrogate

Where it is running

• Yale New Haven Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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