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Stress Echocardiography and Heart Computed Tomography (CT) Scan in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain

NCT01384448 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2018-10-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether stress echocardiography or computed tomography (CT) of the heart is better at diagnosing emergency room chest pain patients to select appropriate candidates for hospitalization and further work-up.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Stress Echocardiography

Stress echocardiography will be performed once. Treadmill stress is default. Patients that cannot exercise will receive dobutamine stress with or without atropine. Definity intravenous contrast will be given when needed.

PROCEDURE

Coronary CT Angiography

64-detector, resting EKG-gated coronary CT angiography will be performed once. Patients with elevated heart rates will be given oral and/or intravenous metoprolol. Prospective gating with reduced tube current will be default. Retrospective gating with tube current modulation will be used in patients with higher heart rates.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey M Levsky, MD, PhD · Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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