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Is a Pre-contrast Scan Necesary to Diagnose Acute Aortic Syndrome?

NCT02273245 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2015-11-05

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Summary

Acute Aortic Syndrome (AAS) is a potentially life-threatening cause of sudden, severe chest pain. There are several possible underlying causes, which cannot be distinguished from one another at the bedside.

Current practice is to image this with two CT scans of the chest, one before injection of a contrast dye into the blood stream and then one after.

With the advancement of CT scanner technology, improvements in software interpretation and screen resolution, the investigators hypothesise that performing the contrast scan on its own is diagnostically equivalent to both the pre- and contrast scans

Conditions

  • Acute Aortic Syndrome

Interventions

RADIATION

Thoracic aortogram CT

With and without contrast dye

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carl Roobottom, MBChB FRCP · Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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