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Oral Gastric Suctioning Effect on Transesophageal Echo

NCT07209293 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

During heart surgery images of the heart are taken with transesophageal echocardiography. The images track how the heart is doing during surgery. It is normal practice to place an oral gastric tube in the stomach during heart surgery. The oral gastric tube is used to suction out stomach contents to avoid potential aspiration and avoid stomach acid build up. The purpose of this research study is to see if the images of the heart have better quality after your stomach has been emptied. This project hopes to help determine the best method to obtain the better quality images of the heart during cardiac surgery.

Conditions

  • TEE Image Quality

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Transesophageal Echocardiography

Transesophageal echocardiography images will be taken prior to and post oral gastric suction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Scott Coleman, DO · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-22
Primary Completion
2026-10-30
Completion
2026-10-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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