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Pocket Sized Carotid Stenosis Screening by Junior Doctors

NCT02992821 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2023-03-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Among patients admitted with cerebral ischemia (stroke and transitory ischemic attack (TIA)) it is important to reveal the underlying cause of the disease. In special it is important to reveal if carotid artery stenosis is present as such a finding will directly influence on treatment and follow-up.

For the diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis due to atherosclerosis ultrasound examinations is the cornerstone, but computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging may be better in some cases. Development of high quality pocket-sized ultrasound scanners has allowed for semi quantitatively bed-side assessment of the carotid arteries and the heart.

The investigators aim to study the feasibility and reliability of bed-side assessment of the carotid arteries by pocket-sized ultrasound scanners in inexperienced hands and the clinical influence of this examination when performed by experienced users.

The investigators hypothesize that a significant proportion of this patient population can be clarified bed-side by junior doctors with no need of further imaging procedures for the assessment of the carotid arteries and the heart.

Conditions

  • Ischemic Attack, Transient
  • Transient Ischemic Attack
  • Stroke
  • Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Cerebrovascular Apoplexy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bed-side pocket size ultrasound imaging

PROCEDURE

High frame rate tracking doppler

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Havard Dalen, MD, PhD · Norwegian University of Science and Tehnology

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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