N/A Completed N=76 Diagnostic

Preoperative Pocket Echocardiography Trial

Preoperative Period · Echocardiography

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02589808 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Oct 2019

Primary outcomePrimary: Number of Participants With Same Results With GE VScan and Full Transthoracic Echocardiogram — 66 Participants — p=0.0005

Summary

This study will compare findings using a handheld ultrasound device (GE VScan) with those using a diagnostic ultrasound machine in adult patients referred for transthoracic echo (TTE), prior to non-cardiac surgery at Hammersmith Hospital, London. The handheld TTE (VTTE) will follow the standard Hammersmith Hospital diagnostic TTE (DTTE) protocol (with the exception of spectral Doppler) and will be reported on a simple 'tick box' form. A different echocardiographer will then perform and report the DTTE as per routine practice. The results from VTTE and DTTE will be directly compared. The echocardiographers performing the VTTE and DTTE are all fully accredited in diagnostic TTE and will be blinded to each others findings. The study aims to recruit a total of 96 patients with an anticipated study completion date of November 2015.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Number of Participants With Same Results With GE VScan and Full Transthoracic Echocardiogram	66	0.0005 sig

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Adult surgical (non-cardiac) patients referred preoperatively for resting transthoracic echocardiogram

Exclusion Criteria

No consent or withdrawal of consent.

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