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NCT Number: NCT04114474

Pre-operative Focused Transthoracic Echocardiography for Prediction of Post-operative Cardiac Complications

The extent focused transthoracic echocardiography when done pre-operatively to patients admitted for elective surgery and suspected to be at risk of cardiac disease specially the geriatric population can affect perioperative anesthetic management of these patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Diastolic Dysfunction

Age range

60 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Arab Republic of Egypt

Asyut, 0020, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients above 60 years of age ASAI and ASA II were included

Exclusion criteria

  • history of cardiac disease, history of previous postoperative cardiac complications and symptoms or signs of cardiac diseases.

Treatment and study plan

TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPY

Diagnostic Test

TTE (Vivid I echocardiography machine General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA) with a 3S-RS (1.5-3.6 MHz) transthoracic probe). was done by professional anesthesiologist following the :Hemodynamic Echocardiography Assessment in Real Time ( HEART) protocol. According to the clinical findings of TTE patients may be either free or have one or more of the following haemodynamic states normal, empty, vasodilated ,left ventricular systolic or diastolic failure, left ventricular systolic and diastolic failure, and right ventricular failure, valve stenosis or regurgitation of at least moderate severity

Primary outcomes

  1. Lt. Ventricular EDV

    Time frame: Change from Baseline pre operative LVEDV to first day postoperative

    Transthoracic echocardiography (TEE) LVEDV

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

South Egypt Cancer Institute

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Oct 3, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 18, 2019

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