Emergency Department Cardiac Ultrasound

Completed

Conditions studied: Chest Pain, Dyspnea

In brief

This is a prospective observational study evaluating the diagnostic utility of cardiac ultrasound in patients who present to the emergency department with undifferentiated chest pain or shortness of breath. Emergency department providers will be interviewed before and after the completion of a cardiac ultrasound to determine if the ultrasound resulted in any changes in management. Other outcomes include determination of incidence of unexpected findings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02719509

Run by

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

People needed

380

Starts

2016-02-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-26

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• ED patients with a chief complaint of chest pain or shortness of breath
• Cardiac Ultrasound ordered by provider as part of diagnostic workup

You may not qualify if…

• All providers have already reviewed the ultrasound images (unable to obtained pre- ultrasound assessment)
• Age < 18
• Known to be pregnant

Where it is running

• Hennepin County Medical Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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