Oral Gastric Suctioning Effect on Transesophageal Echo
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Conditions studied: TEE Image Quality
In brief
During heart surgery images of the heart are taken with transesophageal echocardiography. The images track how the heart is doing during surgery. It is normal practice to place an oral gastric tube in the stomach during heart surgery. The oral gastric tube is used to suction out stomach contents to avoid potential aspiration and avoid stomach acid build up. The purpose of this research study is to see if the images of the heart have better quality after your stomach has been emptied. This project hopes to help determine the best method to obtain the better quality images of the heart during cardiac surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07209293
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2025-10-22
- Expected to finish
- 2026-10-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-10-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Transesophageal echocardiography assisted cardiac surgery
You may not qualify if…
- hiatal hernia
- documented or suspected esophageal stricture
- contraindications to a TEE
Where it is running
- Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)
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