Comparitive Effectiveness of PME Versus Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)

Completed

Conditions studied: Cardiac Disease

In brief

A new hand held pocket echo device (GE Vscan) has now become available to clinicians, with limited data available comparing the effectiveness of this device as a screening tool when compared to traditional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The investigators are evaluating the effectiveness of this hand-held echo (HHE) device in detecting cardiac pathology in a both an inpatient and outpatient clinical setting as compared to a comprehensive TTE evaluation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02141269

Run by

Scripps Translational Science Institute

People needed

200

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All subjects with an order for a routine transthoracic echocardiogram based on clinical indications.
• Vscan images will be obtained to evaluate multiple parameters (noted on research summary).
• Immediately after Vscan imaging, a complete transthoracic echocardiogram will be performed.
• Images will be compared between the Vscan device and the traditional transthoracic echocardiogram.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who had a limited transthoracic echocardiography (i.e limited views)
• Vscan imaging not attempted for a certain parameter

Where it is running

• Scripps Green Hospital — La Jolla, California, United States

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