Enhancement of Contrast Opacification for Echocardiographic Imaging of the Right Heart and Shunts

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Bidirectional Cardiovascular Shunt

In brief

The study aims to answer whether the use of a mixture of blood and saline alone (limited air) provides the same degree of right-heart contrast enhancement as compared to the standard agitated saline (with air), during two types of echocardiograms.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02661529

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

100

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 105. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects having clinically indicated transesophageal or transthoracic echocardiogram, as ordered by their physician to detect a shunt.

You may not qualify if…

• Unwillingness to provide consent to participate in the study

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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