Improving Echo Measurements in the Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis

Completed

Conditions studied: Aortic Valve Stenosis

In brief

Aortic stenosis is a common valvular heart disease, affecting mainly people over age 60. It is characterized by years to decades of slow progression followed by rapid clinical deterioration and a high death rate once symptoms develop. The onset of symptoms confers a poor prognosis: patients die within an average of five years after the onset of angina, three years after the onset of syncope, and two years after the onset of heart failure symptoms. The overall mortality rate is 75% at three years without surgery. Drug therapy for it remains ineffective, and aortic valve replacement is the only recommended long-term treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02146755

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

396

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-12

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adults over the age of 18.
• Any patient undergoing both TTE and CT scans within a one-week timeframe as a workup for aortic stenosis.

You may not qualify if…

• There are no specific exclusion criteria for this retrospective review.

Where it is running

• Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Heart Hospital Baylor Plano — Plano, Texas, United States

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