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EVENT - Evaluation of the Influence of hTEE

NCT02046954 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2014-01-28

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Summary

Compromised tissue oxygenation during surgery may negatively influence patient outcome. Primary cause of insufficient tissue oxygenation is reduced cardiac output due to hypovolemia and/or reduced cardiac contractility. In cardiac surgery patients especially, postoperative pericardia effusion and/or tamponade may further compromise cardiac function. Today, hemodynamically instable patients are often monitored by means of pulmonal artery catheters or transpulmonary thermodilution. However, these methods only allow quantification of functional limitations. Underlying causes may be investigated by relatively recent technology through hemodynamically focussed transesophageal echocardiography (ClariTEE(R) ImaCor) that also provide the possibility of continuous monitoring. It has been reported that a training program consisting of six hours may enable physicians who are unexperienced in the field of echocardiography to apply this new method. Up to now, there is no evidence whether this methods is associated with improved postoperative outcome.

Therefore we hypothesize that continuous hemodynamically focussed transesophageal echocardiography positively influences patient outcome (primary hypothesis). Furthermore, its application may decrease hospital expenses (secondary hypothesis).

Conditions

  • Postoperative Heart Insufficiency

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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