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Relaxation Music to Lower Heart Rate Prior to Cardiac CT

NCT02069405 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 197

Last updated 2014-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To acquire low radiation dose and good quality cardiac CT images requires scanning at low heart rates which is usually done with beta-blockers. However, in some patients beta-blockers have little effect. This is thought to be due to a different mechanism of action which continues to maintain the heart rate despite administration of beta-blockers. This study aims to look at the effect of music or relaxation tracks to reduce patient heart rate as anxiety is thought to play a role in maintaining high heart rates. This study will randomise patients into a normal standard of care group compared to a normal standard of care group with music/ relaxation track and compare heart rate, radiation dose, image quality, amount of beta-blocker used and patient experience via a State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire.

Conditions

  • Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiac Anatomy
  • Patients Undergoing Coronary CT Angiogram
  • Patients Undergoing CT Pulmonary Vein Angiogram
  • Patients Undergoing CT Calcium Score

Interventions

OTHER

Relaxation Music

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elsie Nguyen, MD · University Health Network, Joint Department of Medical Imaging

  • Ming-Yen Ng, BMBS · University Health Network, Joint Department of Medical Imaging

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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