Validating TEE Measurements of Right Ventricular Function

Completed

Conditions studied: Ventricular Function, Right, Echocardiography, Transesophageal

In brief

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is becoming a more prevalent method of monitoring and diagnosis in the perioperative setting for critically ill patients and patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Many TEE measurements are extrapolated from transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) data and have not validated by transesophageal means. The aim of this study is to validate TEE assessment of right ventricular function by comparing them to simultaneously measured TTE measurements. Likewise, there are currently no agreed upon values for RV free wall strain. Therefore, the investigators will attempt to define a range of normal values of RV free wall strain as compared to the other measures of RV function.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03264183

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

126

Starts

2017-09-18

Expected to finish

2018-10-10

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery requiring TEE

You may not qualify if…

• Patient who do not wish to consent
• Patients with contraindications to TEE
• Urgent or emergent cardiac surgery
• Patients with preexisting open chest
• Patients with intrathoracic hardware (VAD, thoracostomy tube, etc)
• Non-English speaking subjects
• Cognitively impaired adults
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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