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POCUS Screening for TAA in Hypertensive Patients in the ED

NCT06854588 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1483

Last updated 2025-03-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators are going to recruit hypertensive patients in the emergency department of Prince of Wales Hospital. Point-of-care ultrasound of the aorta and measurements of the aortic diameter will be obtained. Other relevant clinical data will also be obtained for analysis. The primary outcome is the number of patients with a maximum aortic diameter of ≥ 4.5 cm and/or ≥ 50% localized enlarged diameter relative to the adjacent normal segment as indicated by POCUS.

Conditions

  • Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA)
  • Aortic Dissection

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point-of-care ultrasound

POCUS screening will be conducted to measure the maximum diameters at end diastole of the aortic root, ascending aorta, aortic arch, and descending thoracic aorta.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Colin A Graham, Professor · Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, CUHK

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-31
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-02-28

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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