Does Transesophageal Echocardiography Along With an Orogastric Tube Improve the Image Quality Intraoperatively?

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Conditions studied: TEE Image Quality

In brief

Image quality of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) tends to get worse during long hours of operations. An orogastric tube (OGT) is often inserted in the beginning of the case, and left there for intermittent suction as needed, or removed before TEE exam to prevent echoic artifacts. However, if left there, the effect of suction might be limited due to unreliable tip position of the OG tube. If removed, stomach will be distended again. We devised the OG tube attached TEE for practical suction and assessed its effect on image quality intraoperatively.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03454399

Run by

Henry Ford Health System

People needed

47

Starts

2017-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-09-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• adult cardiac surgery or liver transplant surgery

You may not qualify if…

• TEE with significant wall motion abnormality or TEE contraindicated patients

Where it is running

• HFHS — Detroit, Michigan, United States

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